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Old 03-15-07 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
...and responds to hard pedaling much better.... The T800 also handles high speed downhills much better. There's no shimmy at speeds over 40 mph and cornering seems to be much more predictable. My old steel bike would wander on corners at speed which is very...um...disconcerting, to say the least.
Yeah, I'll back that up. The thing is very confident descending at 40mph (so long as you have good brakes and a true rim, and that's independent of the bike). On the way back up, you can put power down climbing and it responds. No sway or bothersome flex.

Thanks for reminding me cyccommute!
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