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What's the deal with the trek 520 - says the model is archived on their website. New model next year? Discontinued?
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CopperHound posted:Probably just cleared out until the next production run. Haha I didn't even notice that.
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After a month or so I think I'm going to buy a Bombtrack Arise Tour to replace my 10 year old Bikesdirect Windsor tourist. I'll only really ever commute on it but did go on a couple of 3-5day tours before I had kids and I keep thinking I'll go again someday. good idea, great idea? I was looking at all the classic tourers and the bombtrack seemed to tick a lot of boxes out of the gate (bar end shifters, racks, dynamo, fenders). https://www.bombtrack.com/complete-bikes/arise-tour https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/tourist-touring-bikes-v.htm Surprisingly the REI Adv 1.1 seems good? The hydraulic disc brakes maybe seem appealing? https://www.rei.com/product/220761/co-op-cycles-adv-11-bike The Sutra was a contender but it looks like the latest model went back to brifters / front rack only. edit: don't really wanna get a bike built up from the frame unless it makes a lot of sense to do so. Not too worried about cost (but still cognizant of it)
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May 10, 2023 02:16
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My mountain bike has hydros (but not the cable / hydro hybrid). I figured they'd be like mechanical discs but slightly better due to the self adjusting pad mechanism. Or it could be the worst of both worlds. I haven't ridden the REI bike for what it's worth so not sure what the HY/RD feel like. No idea what the maintenance is like or how often you need to deal with the hydraulics. The mechanical discs I've had have all been fine for the most part. Sometimes they're fiddly to adjust but that's probably more because I didn't know what I was doing at the time. Any comments or concerns around bombtrack?
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May 10, 2023 10:52
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wooger posted:It’s like 10 minutes to install a rear rack though…? Bar ends is like 70% aesthetics, 20% because I want some spice in my life, and 10% because I liked using them the few times I've ridden bikes with em. Bombtrack is 2500 - largely due to the dynamo setup over the REI bike. It is about 500 bucks more than the comparable Surly / Salsa / Kona offerings. +/- Appreciate the insight. I'm really just deciding if a dynamo setup would be something I'm interested in I guess.
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May 10, 2023 17:33
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For what it's worth my wife and I were in Banff in January for a conference/ski trip and it was cheaper to rent a small SUV than it was to take the shuttle from the Calgary airport there and back. One way trip might be different on all fronts but the flexibility was appreciated. I'm hoping to do the divide sometime in the next few years. Either when I inevitably get laid off or go on my "sabbatical" at the 5 year employed mark. Mr Newsman fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Apr 25, 2024 |
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Jesse Ventura posted:I'm just quitting my job for this, lol. Hell yeah! Gonna be a good ride.
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