Tommaso Augusta Ninja
 

Does anyone have anything to say about this bike?
pro's and con's
http://www.rscycle.com/Tommaso-Augus...category=18697

I heard they were more or less good bikes. But for that much money, I would get the Kilo TT Pro. My reasoning ... the Kilo TT Pro has nicer parts, costs less, has a brake (if you want that) and isn't drilled for a water bottle cage.

This has Wellgo pedals which I think might be nicer though, and a nicer saddle.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I think the fork on this bike is a little fugs.

i live in canada and cant get the kilo tt pro

Why is not being drilled for water bottle cages a good thing?

because it looks better, that's the only reason.

Because if I need water, I'll just carry it in my bag.

If you take out the ugly screws, water will get in the frame and rust it out.

I pretty much draw the line at no superfluous stuff attached to my bike. If I didn't there'd be a cage for my water bottle, a place for a pump, and a place for a u-lock, a pannier, a saddle bag, mud guards, top tube pad, yadda yadda yadda.

Why put it on my bike when I can put it in my bag?

Seems okay but with the exchange rate and shipping and bursary fees, this bike will hit 700$CDN or so.

If he wants a basic starter bike, he could eBay, maybe?

- Jason

Some people don't need em. I don't care that I have water bottle mounts on my bike since it makes no difference to me, but riding fixed means there's no safe way to reach down and grab a bottle while in motion anyway, so I might as well just carry it in the bag.

Wait... what?

Me reaching down to my downtube while my knees are spinning up and down strikes me as idiotically unsafe. Note the use of "me" and "my" to denote personal preference and a lack of passing judgement on whatever anyone else does on their bike.

Is the difference between this and the regular augusta that this one is all black?

Get a Rocky Mountain Boroughs (Canadian company). That's a VERY solid bike. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

my limit is $600 - $650

It's incredibly easy to use a water bottle mount on a fixed gear. Incredibly.

I find it puzzling that you might find it to be "idiotically unsafe"

Anything with Ninja in the title is probably ****.

i want the kilo tt so bad, i don't see why they don't ship to canada.
i guess ill just find the bleach

Skid, you might find someone selling the Kilo TT on eBay who will ship to Canada.

Also, getting water from a cage is easy on fixed gear ... I might be killing my own point, but it is harder to get water from a bag than from a cage, actually. But still, it isn't very hard. Your legs don't actually block access to the cage.

i've checket like 69 times. and it would be so hard to find a kilo tt in black, and my size.
i would cream my pants if someone did though

i'll buy one for you and ship it to you if you hit me back with a little "routing" fee

pm me

im still waiting for them to send me an email to see if they will somehow have a way of shipping it to me. if not ill think about it

well darn it...im in on the look out for a new bike, this bad boy looks tempting...wish they weren't sold out already :(

already? its a 2 year old thread..

what do you mean "already?" that link was from 2 years ago...
here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...Gear-Under-400

dang, nyxis beat me to it haha

http://www.giantnerd.com/tommaso-aug...rack-bike.html

says they are sold out...am i missing something here?