| Re: Road bike with discs and fender mounts?
On Feb 2, 9:56 am, "joseph.santanie...@gmail.com"
<joseph.santanie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 11:56 am, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
> > Even though I'm happy with the performance of my Ultegra calipers with
> > salmon Kool Stops, I've been thinking about buying a rain bike with discs.
> > What are my choices? I've seen the Trek Portland, but that's more than I
> > want to spend on a bike which will essentially be a beater. There are
> > cyclocross bikes that fit the bill, but people have told me cyclocross bikes
> > ride differently than road bikes because of the high bottom bracket. So, are
> > there any bikes with traditional road bike geometry which have discs and
> > fender mounts? I don't really care about frame material. Aluminum would
> > seem to be the best choice for a rain bike, but I like steel, too. Of
> > course, Ti would be the hot ticket but I know that would get pricy.
>
> > Mike
>
> I was just at the LBS and they had a cool Giant they were marketing as
> a winter road bike. Ultegra 9 speed, Avid disks, fenders, studded
> tires, the works. I suspect it is touring geometry ,not cyclo-cross. I
> can't find it on the Giant web page :-(
>
> Joseph
Probably a NOS Giant OCR Touring
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