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Old 07-18-03 | 07:55 PM
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Not really,
it's a touring/cyclecross, which means the front end is a little twitchy for touring and I understand that the geometry is less than ideal for actuall cyclocross racing. But it is a nice frame, and seems pretty rugged so far.
As is the case with many modern frames, the rear stays are too short for large panniers unless you have small feet. But I commute with it, and do short weekend touring rides (up to about 40 miles so far). It's the first really nice road bike I have had; and you have to live with a bike for a while to get to really know it. I like it a lot, I wish the bottom bracket was lower, and the front end more stable; and the rear end a couple mm longer. But....it accelerates really nicely, better than a touring bike has any right too. It's a semi-compact frame (at least thats what Airborne tells me), I lke that because I have short legs to go with my big feet.
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