Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Ann Arbor, MI
Bikes: 15 Kinesis Racelight 4S, 76 Motebecane Gran Jubilée, 17 Dedacciai Gladiatore2, 12 Breezer Venturi, 09 Dahon Mariner, 12 Mercier Nano, 95 DeKerf Team SL, 19 Tern Rally, 21 Breezer Doppler Cafe+, 19 T-Lab X3, 91 Serotta CII, 23 3T Strada
An all-American bike can be built, it just won’t be the bike you want.
For example, it might be an Alliema Ti tubing frameset welded by a small builder to accommodate a Gates single-speed belt drive with heavy-duty WTC Sup-R tires or go nuts with Coker 36ers. The rest is easy; lots of options for bars, stems, posts, hubs, cranks, even bottom brackets and headsets. Hed rims, Wheelsmith spokes and Paul or Ciamillo brakes and levers pulled by Terry Cable are likely, but maybe Hayes discs are an option Saddle might be Infinity or Selle Anatomica. Finish with grips by Oury or ODI and Wolftooth pedals, and you’ve got an American bike.