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Old 05-05-04 | 11:18 AM
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MichaelW
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There is a big difference between race reliability and tour reliability. For racing, it should work really well, but if it breaks, you are out of the race anyway. On a tour you want what engineers call "graceful degradation". If it fails, you can still ride the bike, even if you lose some speed or gears or indexing convenience.
Its really hard to find modern tour-worthy components, that is why so many touring bikes look retro.
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