Looking into buying an urban commuter with plans on taking it on some mixed trails. Don't want to pay too much for a second bike. Love the trek crossrip 3 but the price of the co-op is more than twice as cheaper. Test rode it and really liked it but I have reservations about buying something I don't know ow too much about. Anyone have any input?
Any opinions on rei's co-op cycles
- Thread starter Rene Carrasquillo
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They're obviously a new brand that REI created, but this line of bikes is just a decal company like the Novara line was to REI, meaning that the bikes are made generically then someone slaps on a decal, a lot of companies due this stuff these days. There is a review I found o them, you can read it here: https://gearjunkie.com/rei-co-op-cycles-ard-test-review Keep in mind, that not all generics are necessarily bad, but most are not up to the standards of non decal bikes.
there were some great decal bikes in the 70's and 80's called Nishiki and Centurion, but there were a lot of crappy ones. Schwinn use to make great bikes back in the day, today they are nothing but a decal company and are now more or less crappy bikes. Cannondale is now a decal bike, but so far they haven't gone down the road to **** but it is possible that they will since that is Dorel's m/o as that is what they have done to Schwinn and Mongoose.
