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Help identifying this Freeagent bike?
so I’m considering the purchase of this bike but all the information about it provided is that it is a Freeagent bike. There are asking $150 and depending on the model/year that may or may not be a ...
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Is there a reason why it was said that the distance between the seat tube and the rear wheel should be as small as possible on a road bike?
I recently saw a steel road bike in a road bike shop where the distance was well over 1cm. 99.9% of old road bikes had a very small distance (~5mm). At the time, they thought it was more aerodynamic. ...
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Why don't race bikes have solid front triangles?
I know that cutting material out makes a bike lighter, but at some point there must be a crossover between weight and aerodynamics. Since tri-bikes and track bikes have more oval/flat shaped tubes, ...
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Y-Foil Frames Rear Suspension?
I have a few questions about the Y-Foil frame (beam frame)
Firstly as far as i have seen, there is no rear suspension system, does the fact that there is no seat tube offer suspension and dampening, ...
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How to choose between a race bike like a Madone and a classics bike like a Domane
I ride regularly for exercise in New York City but do not race. I currently ride on a steel frame that handles the rough roads easily. I want to buy a carbon bike and am torn between a "classics" bike ...
