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opinions on this bike please?
Postby thecaptn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:50 am
This is the cheepest CX bike I can find, full Cro-mo and discs. Seems pretty good for the money, probably a bit heavy and looks to have a short top tube.
What do others think?
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Re: opinions on this bike please?
Postby rkelsen » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:17 am
Would you be buying it to race on? Or to ride to work?
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Postby thecaptn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:24 am
Not for racing, for country roads, dirt/gravel and steep hills. I'd consider puting a MTB rear derailier and 36 cassette on it I think and that would put the cost by a couple of hundred dollars I imagine.rkelsen wrote:As above, it looks ok for the price, if that's what you want.
Would you be buying it to race on? Or to ride to work?
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Postby rkelsen » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:01 pm
You'll probably be better off in the long run if you extend your budget a bit and buy a better bike to begin with.
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Postby thecaptn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:22 pm
Yes you're right, I'll keep looking.rkelsen wrote:If you're going to upgrade it, then it becomes less worthwhile.
You'll probably be better off in the long run if you extend your budget a bit and buy a better bike to begin with.
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Postby thecaptn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:20 pm
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Postby cyclotaur » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:41 pm
My old blog - A bit of fun
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Postby thecaptn » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:49 pm
I must be looking in the wrong places, where should I find them?cyclotaur wrote:You can buy similarly specced CX bikes here in Australia for around $800 - L can't see why you buy one unseen from PBK.
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Postby cyclotaur » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:15 pm
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:43 pm
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Postby clackers » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:32 pm
Hopefully an outlier. As I understand it, toughness is what Norco aimed for, at least in MTBs, at the expense of weight and cost.thecaptn wrote:The Norco looks good too. I cracked the frame on my last Norco and had to trade it in but hopefully that was a manufacturing fault.
But they may have lost their individuality now they're owned by Pacific Brands.
They may simply be the Canadian Malvern Star these days.
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:55 am
Norco are now distributed into Oz by Advance Traders who also bring in Merida and Lapierre. They have nothing to do with Pacific Brands
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Postby clackers » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:39 am
Ah, good to know, SBD.silentbutdeadly wrote:Norco (as I understand it) are not a Pacific Brands company. Norco and their parent company, Live to Play Sports in Canada is a seperate company in its own right.
Norco are now distributed into Oz by Advance Traders who also bring in Merida and Lapierre. They have nothing to do with Pacific Brands
Pacific were the importers from 2010, but that must have changed.
My wife has one of their VFR hybrids.
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