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That thing should go up hills pretty well. Looks like it is pretty lightweight.  |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:51 am |
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yeah and it has a great variety of gears   |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:24 am |
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Well...it's like I tell people when I ride my vintage Gitane bikes and they comment on having "only" 6 gears in the rear:
"You can only ride in one gear at a time." |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:20 pm |
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| very very true |
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| I'd view it as 3 gears. One person peddles, then two people peddle, etc. Looks like a tank. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:13 pm |
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| You truly are a Gitane fan!!! Nice score my friend. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:56 pm |
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| I was told no more bikes this year , I would n/t have but a triple in the states for299 . I've seen em in Europe for bout 4 or 500 euro then try and ship the thing . |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:00 pm |
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| Buying the delta then this has landed me on a hot plate.so no more for quite awhile.at least till a after the new year. But I'll be busy finding parts . |
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| lofter wrote: |
| Buying the delta then this has landed me on a hot plate.so no more for quite awhile.at least till a after the new year. But I'll be busy finding parts . |
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