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"Urbanite" steel touring or hybrid frame - any happy owners?
One option for replacing my broken Mikado (ptui)
D'Iberville touring frame is this frame made for the Urbane Cyclist store here. Has the conventional horizontal top tube geometry and, because of the 132.5 rear spacing, will accept the LX hubs so I can just swap wheels over. Don't know about the straight (non curved) forks. Salesperson explained that modern materials are strong enough to allow the proper angle from the fork crown instead of needing curved fork blades. Want chromed fork tips since paint gets trashed when I clamp the QR. Not sure about the threadless headset, which forces me to buy a new stem. I've read that they're lighter and stiffer but have less flexibility when adjusting height. http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbtour.html "Double butted 4130 CroMoly frame, tig welded. Fully chromed fork with low-rider braze-ons, threadless. Metal fleck Forest Green paint 1" head tube Long horizontal dropouts, 132.5mm OLD. 2 rack eyelets in rear, one in front. Clearance for 38C slicks front and rear, room for even fatter tires in the rear. " 3 bottle braze-ons, seat tube, down tube top, down tube bottom Curved chain and seat stays allow for lots of heel clearance " A cheaper alternative with a threaded headset so I can use my old stem is: http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbhybrid.html "A traditional road frame with a difference, it's designed for cantilever brakes. Why? This makes it the ultimate versatile frame for road riding, commuting, light touring and even a bit of cyclocross riding, since there's clearance for fat tires and fenders and front and rear dropout brazeons." "Plain guage 4130 cromoly frame TIG welded construction 1" threaded headset Double rear eyelets Single front eyelets Vertical dropouts Seatstay rack bosses Seatstay bridge drilled for fender mounting 2 sets water bottle bosses: downtube and seat-tube headtube cable guides designed for dual control road shifters or bar-end shifters or offroad shifters with straight, riser or priest bars. Unicrown straight-bladed fork, drilled for fender mounting Urbanite Stealth Blue " Any comments or, better yet, anecdotes from happy customers are appreciated. TIA |
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"Urbanite" steel touring or hybrid frame - any happy owners?
"mark freedman" wrote in message
om... One option for replacing my broken Mikado (ptui) D'Iberville touring frame is this frame made for the Urbane Cyclist store here. Has the conventional horizontal top tube geometry and, because of the 132.5 rear spacing, will accept the LX hubs so I can just swap wheels over. Don't know about the straight (non curved) forks. Salesperson explained that modern materials are strong enough to allow the proper angle from the fork crown instead of needing curved fork blades. Want chromed fork tips since paint gets trashed when I clamp the QR. Not sure about the threadless headset, which forces me to buy a new stem. I've read that they're lighter and stiffer but have less flexibility when adjusting height. http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbtour.html "Double butted 4130 CroMoly frame, tig welded. Fully chromed fork with low-rider braze-ons, threadless. Metal fleck Forest Green paint 1" head tube Long horizontal dropouts, 132.5mm OLD. 2 rack eyelets in rear, one in front. Clearance for 38C slicks front and rear, room for even fatter tires in the rear. " 3 bottle braze-ons, seat tube, down tube top, down tube bottom Curved chain and seat stays allow for lots of heel clearance " A cheaper alternative with a threaded headset so I can use my old stem is: http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbhybrid.html "A traditional road frame with a difference, it's designed for cantilever brakes. Why? This makes it the ultimate versatile frame for road riding, commuting, light touring and even a bit of cyclocross riding, since there's clearance for fat tires and fenders and front and rear dropout brazeons." "Plain guage 4130 cromoly frame TIG welded construction 1" threaded headset Double rear eyelets Single front eyelets Vertical dropouts Seatstay rack bosses Seatstay bridge drilled for fender mounting 2 sets water bottle bosses: downtube and seat-tube headtube cable guides designed for dual control road shifters or bar-end shifters or offroad shifters with straight, riser or priest bars. Unicrown straight-bladed fork, drilled for fender mounting Urbanite Stealth Blue " Any comments or, better yet, anecdotes from happy customers are appreciated. The touring rig, without a doubt. Looks like something Surly ought to be doing. -- Robin Hubert |
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"Urbanite" steel touring or hybrid frame - any happy owners?
"mark freedman" wrote in message
om... One option for replacing my broken Mikado (ptui) D'Iberville touring frame is this frame made for the Urbane Cyclist store here. Has the conventional horizontal top tube geometry and, because of the 132.5 rear spacing, will accept the LX hubs so I can just swap wheels over. Don't know about the straight (non curved) forks. Salesperson explained that modern materials are strong enough to allow the proper angle from the fork crown instead of needing curved fork blades. Want chromed fork tips since paint gets trashed when I clamp the QR. Not sure about the threadless headset, which forces me to buy a new stem. I've read that they're lighter and stiffer but have less flexibility when adjusting height. http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbtour.html "Double butted 4130 CroMoly frame, tig welded. Fully chromed fork with low-rider braze-ons, threadless. Metal fleck Forest Green paint 1" head tube Long horizontal dropouts, 132.5mm OLD. 2 rack eyelets in rear, one in front. Clearance for 38C slicks front and rear, room for even fatter tires in the rear. " 3 bottle braze-ons, seat tube, down tube top, down tube bottom Curved chain and seat stays allow for lots of heel clearance " A cheaper alternative with a threaded headset so I can use my old stem is: http://www.ucycle.com/bikes/urbhybrid.html "A traditional road frame with a difference, it's designed for cantilever brakes. Why? This makes it the ultimate versatile frame for road riding, commuting, light touring and even a bit of cyclocross riding, since there's clearance for fat tires and fenders and front and rear dropout brazeons." "Plain guage 4130 cromoly frame TIG welded construction 1" threaded headset Double rear eyelets Single front eyelets Vertical dropouts Seatstay rack bosses Seatstay bridge drilled for fender mounting 2 sets water bottle bosses: downtube and seat-tube headtube cable guides designed for dual control road shifters or bar-end shifters or offroad shifters with straight, riser or priest bars. Unicrown straight-bladed fork, drilled for fender mounting Urbanite Stealth Blue " Any comments or, better yet, anecdotes from happy customers are appreciated. Better LBS do a fit consultation and swap out the stem rather than _selling_ you the necessary part to get you positioned properly on your new bicycle. It isn't a hardship because we'll use your take-off stem for someone else's bike. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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