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Old 01-09-07 | 04:47 PM
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Jermsy
good question.
 
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Originally Posted by bfloyd
Sorry, no pic yet but I'm using my GT Zum as a road/urban ride (then again, I believe that's what its intentions were to be). I'm converting it to a strictly road bike; swaping the bouncy front to rigid, loosing thr gears to a ss, using a bullhorn bar with aero bar end levers, and running 26 x 1.0 tires. I still may run a 700c up front but not sure yet . . . I just can't get comfortable on a road bike so I figured I go this route. MTBU.
A warning. I had problems running 1.0 tires, about a dozen flats in a month. No trouble yet with 1.25. As I said in posting about mine, careful with chainring selection. Depending on the length of your bb, you may be stuck with 38 tooth or smaller.
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