Thread: Sirrus or Fuji?
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Old 08-25-20, 06:05 AM
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The Fuji Traverse is a "dual sport" type of bike, most comparable to a Specialized Crosstrail, Trek DS, or Giant Roam. The Specialized Sirrus X is more of a fitness hybrid bike, comparable to a Fuji Absolute, Trek FX, or Giant Escape. I'd suggest figuring out the basic type of bike you're after (either a dual sport like the Traverse or Crosstrail or a fitness hybrid like the Sirrus X or Absolute) and then shopping from there. In general, the components get better with higher bike prices.

One caution about the Sirrus X 2.0 in particular -- it uses a non-standard drivetrain. It's a 1x8 setup using Microshift's Advent 9-based system. It's a pretty wide range cassette (12-42) with only eight sprockets, so the jumps will be somewhat large. And it's based on the Microshift Advent 9 system, which is not compatible with anything else (Shimano, SRAM, etc.). The Fuji Absolute (or Traverse) would have a little better compatibility as far as components go.
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