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Scott Gordo
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Autoshifting, coaster brake bike. Nice and simple for people who don't
feel compelled to don lycra to go for a leisure ride, and don't care
to complicate things with, say, shifting. Perfectly fine, cute rig.
And with Mother's Day coming up, let's see the MSRP....
$579?! Before taxes and all that jazz? Madre. Guess Mom's keeping ye
olde Schwinn (with a coaster brake and no shifting worries with only
one gear).
My suspicion is that the cost revolves largely around Shimano's
"Coasting" electronic auto-shifting internal hub, which, according to
the below article, is a Nexus with some extra gizmos. (Obviously I'm
behind the curve as this article is almost a year old):
http://bikeportland.org/2006/05/09/shimano-selects-portland-for-new-group-launch/
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Autoshifting, coaster brake bike. Nice and simple for people who don't
feel compelled to don lycra to go for a leisure ride, and don't care
to complicate things with, say, shifting. Perfectly fine, cute rig.
And with Mother's Day coming up, let's see the MSRP....
$579?! Before taxes and all that jazz? Madre. Guess Mom's keeping ye
olde Schwinn (with a coaster brake and no shifting worries with only
one gear).
My suspicion is that the cost revolves largely around Shimano's
"Coasting" electronic auto-shifting internal hub, which, according to
the below article, is a Nexus with some extra gizmos. (Obviously I'm
behind the curve as this article is almost a year old):
http://bikeportland.org/2006/05/09/shimano-selects-portland-for-new-group-launch/
/s