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Old 02-25-14 | 03:06 PM
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From: Middle of da Mitten

Bikes: Trek 7500, RANS V-Rex, Optima Baron, Velokraft NoCom, M-5 Carbon Highracer, Catrike Speed

You obviously don't drive a Wallmart-level car, why the Wallmart-level bike? That Next is the bike equivalent of a 1975 Trabant, NOS of course.

http://www.mountainbiketales.com/rev...etest_0611.htm

Excerpt:
Assembly was surprisingly tricky due in no small part to the fact that many of the technologies found on this bike are quite antiquated when compared to modern bike standards. There isn’t a single quick release to be found and inferior steel results in bolts that round off with minimal torque.

Despite several hours of tinkering we were quite unable to get the front brakes to function properly due to insufficient delta resistance on the side-pull caliper brake.
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