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Hotrodding a Giro 26/20?
Let's start with a Giro 26/20, swap out the stock wheels with
Thracians, swap out the standard seat for the Euromesh and do NOTHING else. I am thinking you wind up with a solid do it all sub 28 lb bike for short and tall riders alike that comes in at $1800 or less. This I think would compete with the Volae Century very nicely. How about it Bacchetta? Jim Reilly Reading, PA |
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Hotrodding a Giro 26/20?
In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on 29 Jan 2007 10:33:54 -0800
stratrider wrote: Let's start with a Giro 26/20, swap out the stock wheels with Thracians, swap out the standard seat for the Euromesh and do NOTHING else. I am thinking you wind up with a solid do it all sub 28 lb bike for short and tall riders alike that comes in at $1800 or less. This I think would compete with the Volae Century very nicely. How about it Bacchetta? Don't think there's much value in Bacchetta offering it as a separate thing when their dealers can. If the punter says to the dealer "I want something lighter" the dealer can do the swaps and, as they say, "value add". I believe you can order your Giro with an EM seat from Bacchetta it's just not a separate model. Just have to ask them for it. Does the recurve weigh so much compared to the EM? And how much different are the wheels? I sometimes feel I'm pushing a lot of bike around, but dunno how much difference things like that would make. Zebee |
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Hotrodding a Giro 26/20?
"stratrider" wrote in message oups.com... Let's start with a Giro 26/20, swap out the stock wheels with Thracians, swap out the standard seat for the Euromesh and do NOTHING else. I am thinking you wind up with a solid do it all sub 28 lb bike for short and tall riders alike that comes in at $1800 or less. This I think would compete with the Volae Century very nicely. How about it Bacchetta? Jim Reilly Reading, PA Or you could just buy a RANS V-Rex. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hotrodding a Giro 26/20?
On Jan 29, 3:39 pm, Zebee Johnstone wrote: I sometimes feel I'm pushing a lot of bike around, but dunno how much difference things like that would make. I actually added weight to my 2003 Strada. I started with the M5 fiberglass seat option. I found the ride to be very harsh and unforgiving. I also found that the M5 even with a weep hole drilled through the base offered no ventilation. Last year I went to the Euromesh seat! What a difference! The frame/mesh construction delivers both ventilation and passive suspension for the price of about 8 oz. Jim |
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