Europa CX version??
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Europa CX version??
Postby vaeske » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:42 am
Europa frame with cantis and 700c wheels. Could this be an earlier cx build or does this come 26in wheels and someone just threw in 700s for functionality?? I asked my mate and he said he bought it second hand off someone else so that side of the story ends right there.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
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Re: Europa CX version??
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Re: Europa CX version??
Postby drubie » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:37 am
BRLVR.v2 is right - it's a Hybrid - Repco used to make a "cross trainer" or something (can't remember the exact name). Perfect for a CX conversion if you want to go that way. I figure it must have been an 18 month fad sometime around when the mountain bike revolution was going on.BRLVR.v2 wrote:Brake mounts say its built for 700c not 26 inch. Maybe an early hybrid. Cool that it lugged though. Fork looks nice.
CX bikes in those days used to be whatever you had in the shed - dedicated CX frames are a relatively recent phenomenon as the racers used to convert touring frames.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:58 pm
Oh noes, aero wheels! I CAN wait for the inevitable...munga wrote:
I'd give one of them a go if somebody could lend me some leathers...
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Re: Europa CX version??
Postby Wal42 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:33 pm
On the subject of the Europa, I got my son a mid 90's Repco MTB, it was identical except for the 700c wheels, the mtb had 26" wheels.
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Re: Europa CX version??
Postby drubie » Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:43 am
Dammit - it's too far away for me to come and get.vaeske wrote:while i'd love to have a little project going on the background while the house needs plenty more love, its not even my flinging size... i'm looking for expressions of interest...52cm i think. anyone need a europa hybrid with cantis?
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Europa CX version??
Postby sturmey archer » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:46 pm
I belive Hybrids were known as "cross bikes" back when they first appeared . My 1996 Shogun Metro AT sports "Outer butted Templite CROSS Tubing" Which from observation is a tubeset so heavy weight it will survive the Apocolypse!drubie wrote:BRLVR.v2 is right - it's a Hybrid - Repco used to make a "cross trainer" or something (can't remember the exact name). Perfect for a CX conversion if you want to go that way. I figure it must have been an 18 month fad sometime around when the mountain bike revolution was going on.BRLVR.v2 wrote:Brake mounts say its built for 700c not 26 inch. Maybe an early hybrid. Cool that it lugged though. Fork looks nice.
CX bikes in those days used to be whatever you had in the shed - dedicated CX frames are a relatively recent phenomenon as the racers used to convert touring frames.
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