Joined: Sep 2018
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From: Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia.
Bikes: '99 Trek 520, '20 Kona Sutra (FOR SALE 48cm), '21 Simon-Bikes mini-velo and a chromoly-framed folding bicycle with drop-bars and V-brakes, that rolls even while folded.
The Novara Randonee had been around for awhile. Was a contemporary to the Trek 520, Bianchi Volpe and Fuji Touring. Looks good to me, although you could make it better by replacing the cassette with a 11-36 (or even a 12-36 or 13-36). Give it a new chain as well. The Takara, being a 12-spd, doesn't sound like a touring bicycle. 12spd cogs are thin and delicate.