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Old 04-27-06, 02:29 PM
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Landgolier
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Check CL, there are 1,000,001 Allez and Treks out there. At that price range people buy it and never ride it, no need to pay retail.

I agree though, if you like the old stuff find a nice fuji or whatever and hook it up. $200 should get you the frame and probably stem/bars/cranks and some other useful bits.

Hating on compact geometry is the new pesto. Looks, whatever, but if you can tell the difference once on the bike you're either on a crappy bike, making stuff up, or you should get back to training for the TDF or building waterfords. Head tube length has 1,000 times more to do with all relevant variables in the frame, too bad the necessary evil of sizing makes it no fun to argue about on the internet.

3 speed retrofits on roadies = pending trend. Hell, even I'm building one...
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