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01-20-16 | 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

I just bought a GT Grade, an "adventure road bike" with disc brakes. People have corrected me when I called it a cross bike, it has hardware to mount a fender and bottle cages, more relaxed geometry.

Living in Seattle, it rains a lot. Disc brakes have more consistent stopping power in the wet. And they don't chew up your rims.

I don't think GT offers a frameset, but their base Grade, the alloy one, is about $700, too.

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