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04-24-19, 07:47 AM

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rhm

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Oh, right. Okay, here's the links:

https://www.rei.com/product/133412/s...-sora-650-bike

https://www.rei.com/product/133411/s...laris-650-bike

Looking a little closer, I see they're not that similar to my xSogn-- the Rawland has a steel frame, 1x11 drive train. I don't see frame angles etc so can't compare those.

In general I like the idea of an 'allroad' bike for normal road riding. Last year I did the whole SR series as well as a 1200 km ride on my bike with 26 x 2 tires, and had no regrets about that.

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