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Old 01-10-02 | 08:06 PM
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Bikes: 2005 Litespeed Teramo, 2000 Marinoni Leggero, 2001 Kona Major Jake (with Campy Centaur), 1997 Specialized S-Works M2, 1992 Specialized Rockhopper

The Univega Modo Volare is the one with full Daytona, Strider...

It's an excellent value, and probably the best bike value in its price range -- Campy Daytona 10sp, Columbus Thron steel tubing [not the best steel, but quite good], carbon fork, Mavic CXP-21 wheels and nice components. If my memory serves, it sells in the sub-$1000 price range. You can probably find one for much less these days, since the Univega brand is being discontinued in North America.

Giant makes some very fine bicycle. Unfortuately, the OCR1 [and 2 and 3, for that matter] is not one of them. This is a fine case of you get what you pay for or even a little less. The frame is an amazingly stiff [but not in a good way], rather heavy frame with typically large, gloppy welds; the stem is a threaded, "adjustable" unit with major point of failure written all over it and a saddle that the US Army will be using on Al Q'aeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

This is the bike you buy when you want something that LOOKS like a credible road bike, but that you will be using for 15 km neighbourhood rides.
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