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Thread: Xtracycle: Footsies?
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05-14-2007, 07:29 AM #1
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05-14-2007, 11:00 AM #2
I want to ride my bicycle
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All this just renews my desire for an xtracycle! I wish they didn't cost so much! But once I can start riding bikes again I think I will do the math on saving gas running around town and convince myself that it is money easily recoup'ed.
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05-14-2007, 11:51 AM #3
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I haven't noticed any flex where the xtracycle joins the surly. I'll have to ask dh if he thinks there is any, but I don't think there is.
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05-14-2007, 01:37 PM #4
Don't whine
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Can you ask him what he thinks of an aluminum bike frame with the Xtracycle? I was asking my LBS guys today, and they didn't think it was a good idea, that steel would be better.
I agree, steel is my favorite frame material, but the bike I have to make into an Xtracycle is aluminum.
I wrote to Xtracycle to see what they say.
(my other option could be switching the components from my 700c Dew to a 700c Surly or Soma frame or just buying a SECOND Kona Smoke for me.)
I waaaaaaaant one."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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05-14-2007, 01:47 PM #5
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Sarahlou, that dog is too much! Gotta get him a helmet and some goggles, maybe a scarf
What a great photo!2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
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2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager
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05-17-2007, 07:34 PM #6
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Wrote to the Xtracycle guys, they said the Kona Dew would be fine as an Xtracycle. Aluminum is ok. I would just have to change the tires down from 38's to 35's or less.
Ooooh, yeah...."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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08-04-2007, 03:10 PM #7
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From a discussion on MTBR Forum: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=321895
If I needed a new bike, I'd take this one for a test ride, but with xtra bikes in the garage, I'm thinking and xtracycle is also in my future. (Just don't tell DH - he thinks I'm on a bike diet)
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