Learsport bikes

I'd be interested to know too. They are doing the same here in Canberra.

B

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Does anyone have any experience with Learsport bikes? They are having a big promotion in Melbourne
shopping centres at the moment and seem quite well priced.

Ive seen them Advertised in AMTB magazine.

They look well priced for their specs. i'll say go in and have a test ride. have a look at the frame
quality. cause the components are all good.

good luck hope you stumble apon something that you can work with.

I have a learsport 3270 mtb and it has worked like a dream for a year and a half doing lots of commuting work on roads and some trails. not much off road training use as yet due to work and child duties but it has deore standard and it is faultless, especially the shifting and brakes. Only modifications were mini bar ends and my preferred pedal .

I think it's a little on the heavy side for racing but if you were fit enough you could get away with it. Hope the info helps.

Someone turned up on our training ride on one yesterday. Seemed adequately constructed, and the
rider said he had been riding it since April without any problems. It used all Shimano 105
components including the Shimano 540 wheels. He said he paid $1700 new.

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Does anyone have any experience with Learsport bikes? They are having a big promotion in Melbourne
shopping centres at the moment and seem quite well priced.

G'day Sprocket,

Can you tell me the model name/number of the mtb you have? I am looking for a new commuter after
using an Avanti Montari comp series for several years and have been seeing these Learsport bikes all
over the place lately. I spoke to a young spotty kid selling them at the local shopping centre at
the weekend and he tried to sell me a crappy steel frame job with a plastic saddle... but I'm sure
they can do better. Any recommendations?

Cheers,

Ben

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I have a learsport 3270 mtb and it has worked like a dream for a year and a half doing lots of
commuting work on roads and some trails. not much off road training use as yet due to work and
child duties but it has deore standard and it is faultless, especially the shifting and brakes.
Only modifications were mini bar ends and my preferred pedal .

I think it's a little on the heavy side for racing but if you were fit enough you could get away
with it. Hope the info helps.

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"Find me a mountain and I'll climb it"

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They have just opened a store in Melbourne.

Yes the pricing is very competitive.

I have recently bought one of their Roadies. So far so good. To start off with, the only thing that will put this new and relatively unknown brand aside from others is the frame. The Shimano components are, well, the same. The workmanship, in terms of putting the parts together (not the frame quality), depends on the mechanic. I would say, it needs a little tidying up. The frame is using the same current tubing technologies as others. They do not reveal who in Taiwan is actually building their frames, but the frame on my new Lear8000 looks stunning.

Someone with bike mechanics experience can use the material that comes with bike, and with a few modifications, it can be turned into a very decent bike. The price will still be low.

I first bought a Lear7700 based on Tiagra. The bike with Shimano WH-R540 wheels was $1450. After three weeks, I asked to upgrade to Lear8000 based on Shimano 105. They agreed without a hassle, and I paid $200 for the change-over. That's $1650 ($1550 without saddle and seatpost). Come on, the 105 grouppo plus those wheels cost $1500 by themselves. So what can go wrong in terms of investment? Even if the frame doesn't live up to the expected life (despite 15 year warranty), no money would be wasted.

Modifications that I did was using my own seatpost and saddle (they agreed to remove these parts and give me the credit). I also swapped the rear cassette for an Ultegra 11t-23t. I use my own KoolStop brake pads on the 105 callipers.

I have done about 500km of commuting so far, and everything looks good. I did fine-tune deraileurs according Shimano's specs.

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Does anyone have any experience with Learsport bikes? They are having a big promotion in Melbourne
shopping centres at the moment and seem quite well priced.

I bought a learsport about two years ago , it was only the chepo $300 mountain bike with the basic
shimano gear set. Over all I am very happy with
it.

I bought it from the warwhouse in Lidcome in Sydeny, they appear to be be a very straight up and
down high volume low cost importer of quality bikes.

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Someone turned up on our training ride on one yesterday. Seemed adequately constructed, and the
rider said he had been riding it since April without any problems. It used all Shimano 105
components including the Shimano 540 wheels. He said he paid $1700 new.

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Does anyone have any experience with Learsport bikes? They are having a big promotion in
Melbourne shopping centres at the moment and seem quite well priced.

Top of the line Learsoprt road frame with DURA ACE 9speed

$3500!!!!!!!!!!!

you will not see any cheaper folks

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Top of the line Learsoprt road frame with DURA ACE 9speed

$3500!!!!!!!!!!!

you will not see any cheaper folks

Unless you buy direct from Learsport ;-)

Learsport 9000

Our top of the line competition racer. It has Shimano Dura-Ace, and Mavic rims. With carbon fork,
seatpost and stem, and a special ultra light aluminium and carbon frame, it's under 9 kgs with the
pedals on.
a.. Columbus Zonal Altec2 Alum. Compact Frame
b.. Carbon aero straight fork
c.. Shimano Dura-Ace group set
d.. Richey Road double wall alloy rims
e.. Special carbon swingarm $3199

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Tim

what is a Special Carbon swingarm??

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Top of the line Learsoprt road frame with DURA ACE 9speed

$3500!!!!!!!!!!!

you will not see any cheaper folks

Unless you buy direct from Learsport ;-)

Learsport 9000

Our top of the line competition racer. It has Shimano Dura-Ace, and Mavic rims. With carbon fork,
seatpost and stem, and a special ultra light aluminium and carbon frame, it's under 9 kgs with the
pedals on.
a.. Columbus Zonal Altec2 Alum. Compact Frame
b.. Carbon aero straight fork
c.. Shimano Dura-Ace group set
d.. Richey Road double wall alloy rims
e.. Special carbon swingarm $3199

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Tim

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what is a Special Carbon swingarm??

Maybe the carbon seat-stays?

hip

P.S. Dura-Ace group from Cecil Walker is $1770