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02-26-14, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DowneasTTer

It's possible that the shops scale was off as well. But I can say the difference between the crankset fd, rd, and cassette were remarkable. Add the tires and it was a good upgrade. Now with all the other stuff… grips, bags, water bottle cages it probably is back up there. Oh well I'm not planning on racing it anyway. At my age and health the lower weight helps me lift the bike on the rack….. and that's a platform at that

Hi DowneasTTer,

I found your updates on your original RX 0's quite interesting and would like to hear how big or little a difference you find the composite version, over the lightweight alloy and composite fork version that your original RX's had.

Cheers

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