Best looking hybrid you have seen
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Great bikes!
Have to admit - outside the US the hybrids appear to be much more trail oriented with higher end components. I'm working either a CX bike myself, or converting a CX to straight bar to get what it apears you have
Have to admit - outside the US the hybrids appear to be much more trail oriented with higher end components. I'm working either a CX bike myself, or converting a CX to straight bar to get what it apears you have
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With some saddle and bar height adjustments could this be the ultimate all round bike. A flat bar Cyclocrosser?
Guerciotti Trekker.
Guerciotti Trekker.
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Looking at all the bikes in this thread makes me want to spend WAY more than I should on my next bike.
Love the overseas bikes!
Love the overseas bikes!
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https://shop3.porsche.com/uk/sports/other/wap0200x60c/
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This is my main ride and besides how nice it rode I liked the looks. The gray on blue is an excellent combination and I also like the black rims, bars, brake levers and seat post. As much as I like the bike though If I were buying now I would probably go with a flat bar road bike instead of the comfort hybrid.
https://www.bikepedia.com/Images/QBim...if=Zebrano.jpg
https://www.bikepedia.com/Images/QBim...if=Zebrano.jpg
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I think "hybrid" is correctly applied as a very broad term. Anything not purely a road bike, or purely a mountain bike, that falls somewhere in between, I will call a hybrid. Flat bar road bikes fall under this designation, so do the new dual sport/multi-use bikes. Frame geometry is the major differentiation that is less obvious. My Trek 7.2 FX apparently can be described as a "light touring" geometry, with longer chainstays and slightly more upright seating than a "flat bar road bike" would have.
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How can brake discs be effective with so little material for the pads to bite onto? Seems like all the edges of all those holes would chew up the pads pretty bad.
*edit* I was referring to the black BMC bike at the bottom of the previous page, where the brake discs look like structural building trusses with triangular holes all around, and very little material in between.
*edit* I was referring to the black BMC bike at the bottom of the previous page, where the brake discs look like structural building trusses with triangular holes all around, and very little material in between.
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How deep are your pockets? Most of these brands will have importers in our country's it's just a question of if there nice enough to bring in a particular bike for you. But naturally there going to ask for full payment up front and there wont be any test rides to see if you like the bike first.
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How can brake discs be effective with so little material for the pads to bite onto? Seems like all the edges of all those holes would chew up the pads pretty bad.
*edit* I was referring to the black BMC bike at the bottom of the previous page, where the brake discs look like structural building trusses with triangular holes all around, and very little material in between.
*edit* I was referring to the black BMC bike at the bottom of the previous page, where the brake discs look like structural building trusses with triangular holes all around, and very little material in between.
Great brakes are easy to notice as soon as you start riding them but to really feel the full benefits of all this you would need to ride the bike the way it was intended, as a performance bike.