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Practical bikes

penexpers · 2008-12-09 16:40:01

I was in Frankfurt at the weekend and I had a look in a few of the bike shops (as you do). What amazed me most, was most of the bikes being sold there were really practical city bikes. 399 euro got you a bike with: dynamo headlights (and dynamo hub), internal geared hub, rear rack, decent mudguards and decent tires…

09-12-2008 4:40pm

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I was in Frankfurt at the weekend and I had a look in a few of the bike shops (as you do). What amazed me most, was most of the bikes being sold there were really practical city bikes. 399 euro got you a bike with: dynamo headlights (and dynamo hub), internal geared hub, rear rack, decent mudguards and decent tires (Scwhalbe Marathon Runners, if I remember correctly) which are all good components for a commuter bike. Where in Dublin can you buy bikes like this? Why do most of the shops seem to think that most of us are only interested in road racing?

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If you look in most shops in Dublin or indeed what most people commute on it is mostly entry-level hybrids and cheapo MTBs. Road racing is a bit of a niche, TBH, over-represented on this forum. Historically hub gears have been quite expensive compared to entry level derailleur systems.

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