Denny, I'd make a lousy bent evalulator. I rode the CommuteE home today 15 miles. BIG difference
from the AERO! Gee who da thunk? I did average over 17 mph for the 15 miles. I have not seen much of
Al this week. Neither of us have in much ride time, the weather has been, well you know monsoonish.
He still has his CORSA and has yet to be lusting for an AERO. If I start beating up on him
consistently he may succumb to the lure of Ti. Not much new here. Bacchettas are moving fairly well,
even with tha bad weather. Have sold some RANS and EZ models. I have a EZ Tandem and its pretty
cool. Pretty heavy but for under 2K its a ideal bent for the couple who has a weaker rider and wants
to ride together. I'll have to look into the Bacchetta Group on Yahoo. Gee just what I need another
forum. However, I do have the best deals on Bacchetta's. Stock or custom.
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Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and Sports,
Inc 1-800-586-6645 "Denny Voorhees" <
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> Jude; thanks for the "actual modification experience" post. It's what I recall hearing except much
> better detail. Have you joined the Bacchetta_Bikes egroup on yahoo yet? It's up to over 125
> members now. BTW have heard little out of Al Lately, is he scheeming for a faster bike? Or has he
> gone back to paddling? Denny "Jude T. McGloin" <
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> > Good Morning Denny, I have not read the thread. However, Yesterday afternoon while building a
> > small GIRO I had a Kinesis Max Lite fork which was cut to fit
a
> > STRADA. I punched in a star and slapped it on the GIRO I pulled a
> 559/KWEST
> > wheel off the STRADA Tour and hit the parking lot. In the short time I
> rode
> > it felt squrilly/twichy and suffered from wheel flop ala bikeE. There
was
> > also noticable tiller. The STRADA with the same fork is fine. The
> increased
> > rake of the ATB fork pushes the WB to just a lil over 47" on the GIRO it
> was
> > a bit over 48". Why? The head tube angles are different. The STRADA with the Max Lite or a Tange
> > Cromo 559 fork raised the front of the bike an inch and a quarter, thus the seat height
> > increases.
> The
> > 559 fork is taller to allow clearance for tires that sit higher on the
> rim.
> > Thus the x-seam reguirements increase for my Strada Tour. My thought is
> that
> > a medium framed STRADA with the 559 fork could accomidate a LowRider
rack.
> > With a modified RANS rear rack, underseat panniers and the lowriders it would mimic the carrying
> > capabilities of my trusty long neglected
Schwinn
> > Voyager. I understand that there is an underseat pannier coming for the M5 seat, however a
> > thinner pad for the Bacchetta mesh seat... like the new
> RANS
> > pad might be in order too. So ther is my 4 cents.
> > --
> > Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and
> > Sports, Inc 1-800-586-6645 "Denny Voorhees" <
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> > > This thread was just on
[email protected]. The geometry is different, and the handling
> > > isn't very good. Someone on this NG did it
> and
> > > wasn't very happy with the conversion Denny in Sayre, PA "johlde" <
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> > > > Would it be possible to put a 26" FRONT wheel on the Giro if I replaced the fork? ... or
> > > > isn't that simple? ... other considerations?
> > > >
> > > > Other than the fork, the frame and geomotries of the Giro and the Strada look the same.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> >
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