Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 4 ATB Models
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Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 4 ATB Models
Bicycling magazine's 1986 Buyers' Guide contains road tests/reviews of 14 featured bikes (5 Touring, 5 Racing, 4 ATB) and a table of specifications for 191 bikes total.
Categories are Touring (sport touring, loaded touring), Racing, and ATB.
This post presents the featured ATB models ROSS Mt. Hood, PEUGEOT Canyon Express, JAMIS Dakota, and DIAMONDBACK Ascent.
1986 Buyers' Guide featured Touring models were posted here: Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 5 Touring Models
1986 Buyers' Guide featured Racing models were posted here: Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 5 Racing Models
Categories are Touring (sport touring, loaded touring), Racing, and ATB.
This post presents the featured ATB models ROSS Mt. Hood, PEUGEOT Canyon Express, JAMIS Dakota, and DIAMONDBACK Ascent.
1986 Buyers' Guide featured Touring models were posted here: Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 5 Touring Models
1986 Buyers' Guide featured Racing models were posted here: Road Test/Bike Review (1986) Buyers' Guide -- 5 Racing Models
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3 out of the 4 have Roller Cams
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
3 out of the 4 have Roller Cams
I love the statement about ATBs making good commuters and transportation steeds, because mine gets more use that way than as a trailblazer. I also have a couple of short dirt path links on my hilly local exercise route, and the ATB is superb on those, as well as on poorly-maintained roads.
Maybe it's just an age thing, but I have become increasingly interested in wider tires on the road, be they the 1.95" on my mountain bike or 32-35mm on my older road bikes. (The Bianchi can't clear anything above about 28mm.) No more 700Cx23 or 27" x 7/8" (remember the game-changing Michelin Elan when it first came out in the early 1970s?).
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
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Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
