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Wife got a Sirrus X4, can DSX 2 keep up with it? DSX 2 looks heavy, mainly using the bikes for City/ Urban.
We dont have much hybrid bikes choices here, mostly people will go for road bikes or foldables. X3 and DSX 2 is the last unit in their inventory.
If i m not mistaken Marin are owned and made by Polygon bikes in Indonesia.
We dont have much hybrid bikes choices here, mostly people will go for road bikes or foldables. X3 and DSX 2 is the last unit in their inventory.
If i m not mistaken Marin are owned and made by Polygon bikes in Indonesia.
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Wife got a Sirrus X4, can DSX 2 keep up with it? DSX 2 looks heavy, mainly using the bikes for City/ Urban.
We dont have much hybrid bikes choices here, mostly people will go for road bikes or foldables. X3 and DSX 2 is the last unit in their inventory.
If i m not mistaken Marin are owned and made by Polygon bikes in Indonesia.
We dont have much hybrid bikes choices here, mostly people will go for road bikes or foldables. X3 and DSX 2 is the last unit in their inventory.
If i m not mistaken Marin are owned and made by Polygon bikes in Indonesia.
Marin was bought out by a European firm but I believe is still HQ'd in Marin and their CEO came from FSA.
It is possible and likely that the two different brands are made in the same factories. Giant actually produces bikes for quite a few brands some of which are really good (which is surprising as their own bikes aren't as good). It is not uncommon for this to happen but I am unsure. I do not think they are owned by Polygon though. It is possible that the firm that owns Marin also owns other companies PON holdings owns probably more bike brands then most people can count but they are different bikes.
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If it were me I would consider something like a Litespeed frame maybe or possibly something more custom in that realm or if Specialized made an Aethos Gravel frame I would do that (or maybe if Scott still does the Addict Gravel Frame get one of those) Sadly they don't make a flat bad alpinist cockpit but it also flexes quite a bit so I wouldn't want it anyway. I don't mind a little flex but an ex-co-worker has them and they were really flexible and my more ample body would snap those suckers.
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After surveying the market, my final options will be Dsx 3 2024 model with SRAM 12 speed just came in or a gestalt XR 2023 model with Grx 11speed. Gestalt XR currently going on promo final unit, same price as a Dsx 2. I assume after I convert to a flat bar it will still cost less than the Dsx 3.
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Thanks to everyone here. I ended up getting a new Trek FX2 and am very happy with it, so far. Only issue is that once again, I'm getting numb right arm, not every time, but sometimes. A friend suggested I change grips to the horn style and I've read that it can help, so I guess it's worth a shot, anyone advise how to stop this damned numbness?
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I have GP5s and still getting numb hand- left. Not sure what could be done, I thought it's due to wearing a watch or bike gloves that are too tight. It helps if you extend and stretch arm once in a while...
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However yes it is good to move your arms and hands once in a while.
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