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Shimano Metrea: Can we try this again?

Old 09-27-16, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
...and it's 89 cents per Euro right now
That's backwards. To buy a dollar, a European pays 89 Euro cents. To buy a Euro, an American pays $1.12.
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Old 09-27-16, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by noglider
That's backwards. To buy a dollar, a European pays 89 Euro cents. To buy a Euro, an American pays $1.12.
You're right, I got it backward. Shoot!
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Old 03-27-19, 03:12 PM
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Briefly resurrecting this dead thread. I saw one bike at NAHBS wearing a Metrea group. It had the flat bar controls, not the bullhorn brifters. The set is really attractive in person. I think the paint is a shade of really dark blue, not total black. Many of the accents seem to be forged in and painted, not the decals they appear to be in photos.

Metrea is still available from Europe but seemingly never launched in the USA, spawned any downmarket groups or competitors. It still looks overpriced for its weight, but not for its style, and I wouldn't mind owning it.
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I love this. It would probably cost more than my whole bike to convert, but I really really really want a 1x groupset. I have a triple at the moment, and I leave it in the middle chainring 99.9% of the time. I think I've used the big ring once, going down a huge hill. The top gear in the middle ring is over 26 mph at 100 rpm, which I rarely hit anyways. A 1x would be perfect. Alas, groupsets are super expensive, and this one seems to be unobtainium anyways.
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Old 03-31-19, 11:35 AM
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Derailleur Alfine group ?

Meh on Metrea.. Marketing is aiming at those half my years.... smoke that credit score..... Spend ..

A more lucrative market for fitness & nice city bikes , does focus their selling to Europe,, naturally ..






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Old 05-21-19, 01:39 PM
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With the announcement of the GRX group with a lot of features similar to Metrea, I decided to look at eBay. All on sale from overseas, sometimes far overseas. And look, even the boxes are pretty.


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Old 05-22-19, 08:49 AM
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I await the revue sample to be mailed to me...
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
I await the revue sample to be mailed to me...
Since it seems to have bombed three years ago, keep waiting
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That's OK. I'm retired don't really commute .. for even longer than 3 years past..
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