Need Trail / Urban bike, 500 - 700 CDN
04-12-04, 08:07 PM
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Yeah, I figured that much, but going from a 24 to a 27 is a fairly big jump, and most of the time they include disc brakes and other crap that I don't want to pay for. Thus far, the cheapest one I've seen is the 700 $ Miele TT 550, in the original post. But I'd rather have a good frame than 3 more speeds and 20 mm more travel.
04-13-04, 12:59 AM
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Rambler, you can still buy 8 spd parts from www.bikeroom.com I am 90% sure. Personally. The shifting is 100% better on my gf's bike then mine. I can never get all gears to works on my 9spd bike but 8spd seems to kick ass even with the lower end shifters. I would just stock up on 8 spd parts (I did this for the gf) and keep the 8spd stuff as long as possible.
04-13-04, 05:34 AM
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Ok, sounds good. I'm probably going to have to replace the derailer on the Kona bike, as I don't know whether or not it'll give me trouble. My last bike always was a hassle with shifting... I'd try and tune it, and eventually gave up and let the local guys tune it, and they couldn't get it to work properly either, but still charged me 30 bucks. 
