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09-24-09 | 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by artesc

^precisely. Why would you run the kilo wt as a 'cross bike if bikesdirect has the phantom cross uno for that purpose?

fuzz2050 is very, very right about calipers and mud by the way, and calipers and snow, and calipers and ice. You just seem to look at them wrong and they freeze up on you (a slight exaggeration).

That being said, with some fat tires, you probably could do some light offroading if you really wanted to as long as things didn't get too crazy.

@destikon. I love me my emoticons!

Yeah, I was really put off by the WT because it had calipers and was more expensive than the FCU. Just seems like a weird concept for a bike, really. I remember bikesdirect mentioned that it was in case someone wanted to run with just a front brake—it just seems to me that anytime you'd be wanting to ride fatties (rough roads, off roads, bad weather), you'd be best served with both brakes. But whatever.
I ended up not getting the FCU anyway because BD is always out of stock on my size. Their loss (considering I built up my IRO for about $30 more than what an FCU would've cost me).

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