| I have a Tour XC which I purchased last year. I wouldn't trade
it for twice the price. The paint is luxurious. The components
work great together and the price is right. My bike came thru with
Isuzue sealed hubs with 700 X 28 Nashbar Clinchers on Araya rims.
The crank is the Sugino GT triple. Tange #2 tubing with 3 sets
of bottle braze ons, PD 1000 sealed pedals and Tange Levine Head
Set. The brakes are Shimano Cantaliever the Stem and Crank by the way
are complimentry Dark Blue to match the finish. They even send you a
tube of touch up paint with the bike, which I thought was very nice.
If the wheels need truing you can have it done locally and they'll
reimburse you. The only thing I've replaced is the saddle, which
was an inexpensive Vetta Ergonomic. If you can still get one at
the $365 sale price I'd consider it a steal. I don't know anything
about the new aluminum's except that there made in Japan. Maybe
someone else can fill you in. I can probably locate an old catalog
that has the original specs in it. Send me mail and I'll send you
a copy if you like.
Jerry
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| In older nashbar catalogs, there was a diagram on how to fold a
regular clincher into a smaller circle, about one-half the size
of the original. I did it once, and got it into my panniers.
couldnt use a folding tire on my frames (don't understand why).
I have since lost the little diagram, and Nashbar has stopped including
it in their catalog. Does anyone have a copy to xerox and send
me. thanks MR01-01/A65
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I don't have a copy of the diagram, but if you just want to
fold up a tyre then do it the same way tubs are folded over...,
which I shall now attempt to describe without waving my hands and
arms around too much...
Assuming you are familiar with an analogue (old style, non digital)
clock, hold the tyre in front of you at about the 3 and 9 o'clock
positions, with the palms facing each other. Twist the body of the
tyre with both hands in the same direction at the same time, i.e.
thumbs both going into the centre. Cross the section of tyre from the 3
o'clock position with the section from the 9 o'clock position while
continueing the twisting motion, the 12 and 6 o'clock portions will
tend to cross at this time. Don't let go, just tuck the top and bottom
sections over/under each other and there you have it, the tyre is
"folded" into three without bustin the bead or, in the case of tubs,
stressing the sewing edges. If you're real fussey put your forearms
into the centre and roll it a few times to get it more even. It helps
to have someone show you this once.
Reg
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