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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

2679.0. "hybrid's with road bike geometry" by RANGER::MOORE () Mon Sep 20 1993 13:16

    
    I want to buy a hybrid bike whose frame angles mimic a road bike,
    rather than a mountain bike. So far the only manufacturer I've found that
    does this is Bridgestone (I'm looking at a Bridgestone X0-6). Does 
    anyone know of a similar manufacturer?
    
    	Eric
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2679.1Build one...MKOTS3::BRALEYEd Braley DTN 264-3463Mon Sep 20 1993 14:2219
    
    	Just a thought...
    
    	Why don't you build one? Many good, used low-mileage road bikes
    	are available for cheap. Put a flat bar, thumb shifters and low 
    	gears on it, get some 700x32 cross tires and you're off! 
    
    	I set up an old Nishiki road bike like this. It's a blast around
    	town and on dirt roads. I'm running 700x32 Avocet cross tires.
    	They have inverted tread, much like a car tire. They run smooth
    	and quiet on the pavement and dig enough on gravel to keep me
    	upright.
    
    
    	You have to watch what you spend, though, you could get carried 
    	away and invest as much as a new cross bike would cost :-).
    
    	Ed.
    	
2679.2PCCAD::RICHARDJPretty Good At Barely Getting ByMon Sep 20 1993 15:385
<    RE:0
    Check out the Schwinn Crisscross. Its leans towards a road bike more
    than a mountain bike.

    Jim
2679.3SOLVIT::RONEYMon Sep 20 1993 18:147
    
    My new GT Cirgue is similar to what you are looking for. My thoughts
    anyway. It's a hybrid with different gearing, narrower tires like the
    Avocets, etc. 
    it's really setup more for the road than the rough stuff.
    
    Bob