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Old 09-11-14 | 01:12 PM
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pdlamb
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Bikes: Fuji Touring, Novara Randonee

I've had one for 15 years* and it's still my go-to bike (unless there's a good reason to pick another one). It'll go almost anywhere, except way off road, but good roads, bad roads, gravel roads as long as they're not too bad, the bike is fine with them all. It's a good value, reasonable parts selection. Fuji does good bikes with a low price through intelligent parts selection better than any other large manufacturer I know.

My only advice would be to take the wheels to a good wheel builder and have him/her tension and stress relieve both wheels ASAP after you get it. Fuji (like most other manufacturers) delivers machine built wheels, which don't last IME. Do it now and pay $50-75, or pay $20 per broken spoke until you bite the bullet and get them all fixed at once.

(*) Original parts remaining include the fork, seatpost, and brakes. Those have about 40,000 miles on them; other parts replaced as they wore (rear wheel, tires, brake pads, chains, crank), because I wanted something different (saddle, shifters, front dyno wheel), and the frame replaced under lifetime warranty at 12,000 miles. Yeah, I know, it's like George Washington's hatchet.
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