Re: Ibex Corrida Ultimate flat-bar roadbike - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

05-19-2004, 02:19 AM

"Dario" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this bike? Ibex is having a sale, it
> looks like, and this one is listed at $899. It has a Dura-Ace rear
> derailleur, but I don't know whether other components (wheels, CF fork)
are
> good.
>
> It looks to me like the wheels are thicker than normal road bike wheels,
> which I like since I'll be riding around NYC and roads here are awful. I
> wouldn't want to put a road bike through the same abuse my Trek mtb faced,
> and I wouldn't want to have to slow down and take it easy over every
> man-hole.
> I only ride for exercise, a few times a month, so a roadbike would be
> overkill. It looks like a decent compromise between a roadbike, and a
> hard-tail mountain bike that spends all of its time on public roads.
>
> Any opinions?
>
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