Help a touring guy find a light comfy gravel bike
05-05-20, 10:18 AM
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Diamondback and Raleigh gave such great value and creativity to multiple genres of bikes for 4 or so years. It clearly wasn't sustainable for them since they were sold yet again and their online discount pricing is nowhere near as impressive as it was.
Its a shame as both brands really had some cool gravel, road, travel, and mtb options for great prices.
This Haanjo is really nice looking. Great color scheme combines with solid components and wheels.
05-05-20, 01:34 PM
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Yes I prefer bar ends with a triple and wide range gearing. It's nice to be able to feather the FD when you need to.
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05-05-20, 10:52 PM
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Weirdly enough the people who bought Diamondback didn't buy Raleigh from Accel. They just bought the distribution for NA which is probably why Raleigh USA killed the corporate coupon.
06-08-20, 01:24 AM
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I'm heading for retirement and considering treating myself to a light and comfortable all purpose bike......
Criteria:
Light - I don't own or have ever ridden anything under 23 lbs....
Comfort
- as I age I like more height on the bars so help me out with something with higher stack height and upright positioning. I ride in the drops some but don't want a ton of hand pressure when riding on the top.
Criteria:
Light - I don't own or have ever ridden anything under 23 lbs....
Comfort
- as I age I like more height on the bars so help me out with something with higher stack height and upright positioning. I ride in the drops some but don't want a ton of hand pressure when riding on the top.
