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Old 11-09-06 | 04:08 PM
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CigTech
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From: Ohio

Bikes: Schwinn Empire XL

Did a 44.2 mile ride today. That gives the Denali a total of 576.5 miles so far. The Denali shifted almost falwless today with only one hard shift. I hit a speed bump at 28.2 mph while shifting into 21st gear. I think that is what caused the hard shift. Other then that the bike handle just fine. Rechaecked the derailers and they are dead on.

I did quite a few high speed cornners. The Denali handles very nicely in highspeed cornners. Down here there is sand avery where, even on the road. I was running between 22 to 26 mph in most of the cornners. Even on one cornner there is a area covered with 1" of sand and the bike just passed right through it at 22 mph. Not once did it feel like it was going to slide out from under me.

The Kenda Kwest tires are nice for the sand and all. But I like the Michelin DYNAMIC 23C better. less roll resistence. I have looked on the net for a shop that carries the Kenda Kwest 28C and can not find one at all. BTW - The guy I talked to at work that had a Denali. Said that The Kenda Cosmos tire that his come with has given him a lot of flats. So look to see what tires are on the bike when you go to buy one.

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