I'd love one as a winter bike/commuter/unpaved path bike--if I bought one, I'd probably swap out a few things because I'm pretty sure I'd kill myself with the bar-end shifters. And perhaps dress the black up a bit.
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07-08-2011, 08:25 AM #1
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At least I don't leave slime trails.
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07-08-2011, 08:30 AM #2
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I was worried about the bar end shifters too, but surprisingly, they weren't bad. The 52 bike has longer handled brakes vs the smaller sizes, so I wonder if brake levers are easy to change?
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07-09-2011, 06:07 AM #3
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The bar ends are a piece of cake, but I'm old and grew up with down tube friction shifters. Brewer also set me up with short reach brake levers and super-grannyfied the gearing.
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