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Old 06-20-19, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Hmmm
Hmmm. Looks fun to me!

It's interesting to me that brands like, Trek, Giant, Cannondale and Specialized are not going the way of OPEN and making a quiver killer bike. Something that fits many different tire and wheel setups and marketing it as a do it all bike. But maybe thats it. They want you to buy multiple bikes?

I'm still baffled at how Giant or any other brand does not market their cross bikes this way.
You don't think the Trek Checkpoint, Giant Revolt, Cannondale Topstone, or Specialized Diverge are effective as "quiver killers"?

I do know of several people using Checkpoints and Revolts as road bikes. I could see some roadies turned off by the squishier Specialized future shock (Roubaix is stiffer), but the Topstone is based on the geometry of the Synapse endurance road bike.

I am with you in wanting to see road bikes with wider tire clearance. It is very limiting to only be able to clear 32c tires.

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