what do you think?

<[email hidden]> wrote...
I am just upgrading from a old (heavy) huffy. My legs finally got
used to the weight, and i ran into this bike for sale. its a KTM
Chicago. I am in germany, and its a Austrian bike. They want 389 euro
for it. What do you think. Is it a good deal or not, like i said... i
am upgrading from a huffy, and dont know much about bikes.

Frame: Aluminium 7005

Nothing special, lots if not most frames are aluminum at this price point.

Fork: Suntour XC60 Travel: 75mm
Rear derailleur: Shimano Acera SmartCage

Very low priced Shimano derailleur

Shifter: Shimano EF35 Schalthebel EasyFire mit Ganganzeige 1 - 7
Front changer: Shimano C050 Top-Swing, Top-Route
Chain: KMC IG31 Schaltungskette HG Type
Rear sprocket: Shimano ZH37 Freilaufzahnkranz geschraubt 7-fach

7 speed screwed on freewheel. This is old technology, screwed on freewheels
are more difficult to remove than cassettes, especially if you've ridden the
bike a bunch. Broken axles are more likely to occur on freewheel hubs than
on modern cassette hubs

Rear ratic: 7-fach 14 - 34

nice wide range of gears

Front Ratic: 3-fach 42-34-24
Chainring set: Shimano M340
Inner bearing: Shimano UN25 BSA Kompaktlager
Brake lever: Shimano Aluhebel, Griffweite einstellbar

brake levers with adjustable grip span are nice if you have really small
hands, otherwise no big deal

Front brake: Tektro 837AL V-Brake mit Powermodulator
Rear brake: Tektro 837AL V-Brake mit Powermodulator
Front Hub: KT Alunabe mit Schnellspanner
Rear Hub: KT Alunabe mit Schnellspanner
Spokes: DT-Champion Nirostaspeichen 2mm

No mention of these on the DT website. If they are stainless steel
(rostfreie stahl) they'll be more durable than old style galvanized steel.

Rim: Weinmann ZAC 2000 Alu-Hohlkammerfelge 26", schwarz

"Hollow chamber rim". Is this a box section rim? If so it'll be a lot more
durable than the single wall rims found on most low end bikes.

Tyres: Ritchey SpeedMax Reifen 26"x 1.9 Alfa & Omega
Headset: Ritchey A-Head-Zerostack-System, integriert

The problem with integrated headsets is that if you pit the bearing race you
can't replace it, like you can with a non-integrated headset.

Stem: Aera A-Head-Vorbau 25°
Handlebar: Aera MTB-Lenker 5°
Pedals: VP-992 MTB-Pedal, symetrisch
Saddle: Selle Royal Viper, Renna Bezug
Seat post: Kalloy SP-359 Alu Patent, Schelle mit Schnellspanner
?389 (=$470-$480?) sounds a bit high by US standards, maybe not in Europe.
The bike will definitely be an improvement over your Huffy. If the shop does
a careful job of assembling and prepping it and fitting you to it than you
could probably have a fair bit of fun on easy off pavement rides and
cruising around town, doing short commutes and short shopping trips. In
other words, probably a very good entry level bike.
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mark

Thanks. Thats what i was thinking about allot of it. The price seemed
a bit high, but that is germany. I was hopping to get a better deal on
it, seeing the mornings are almost sub-freezeing. I commute daily
with my old huffy, and its getting a little heavy for me, I am taking
it up and down stairs, and every day adjusting the rear de-railer, and
adjusting the de-railers. Its many of the reasons i am looking to
upgrade. Plus i do go out weekends for about 50-75 km. I plan on
increasing the distace with a more reliaable bike.

Thanks again
Travis

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Thanks. Thats what i was thinking about allot of it. The price seemed
a bit high, but that is germany. I was hopping to get a better deal on
it, seeing the mornings are almost sub-freezeing. I commute daily
with my old huffy, and its getting a little heavy for me, I am taking
it up and down stairs, and every day adjusting the rear de-railer, and
adjusting the de-railers. Its many of the reasons i am looking to
upgrade. Plus i do go out weekends for about 50-75 km. I plan on
increasing the distace with a more reliaable bike.

Thanks again
Travis

Why are you looking at a pseudo-trail bike if you're riding roads? Get a
road bike. Look for a used Trek 1000.

jj

The reason i am looking for a psudo-trail bike.. is because i ride a
few trails and roads to work. Its not all city traffic, or paved
trails.

Actually this is not from the advertiser.. its from the manufacturer.
I had to find some information about the ride, before i could post
anything. I know not many people are familiar with austrian bikes. I
really wish i could have found a used trek out here.. but its kinda
hard to find one here in germany. I think i am going to shop arround a
bit more. This was the best so far from 2 of the 3 LBS here.

Travis

<[email hidden]> wrote...

Quoted message said:

The reason i am looking for a psudo-trail bike.. is because i ride a
few trails and roads to work. Its not all city traffic, or paved
trails.

If the trails you're riding to and from work are the gravel bike paths that
I recall from brief visits to Germany and Austria then don't bother with a
front suspension. A rigid fork and reasonably fat tires will give you all
the comfort you need, and will weigh and cost a little bit less than a low
priced suspension fork.
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mark

Thanks, i was thinking i could go with a solid fork., but then i
decided i dont know what i am going to do in the future, so i might as
well get a front suspension.

Travis

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Quoted message said:

The reason i am looking for a psudo-trail bike.. is because i ride a
few trails and roads to work. Its not all city traffic, or paved
trails.

I take my light touring bike on unpaved, hard-packed trails all the time, no
problem.

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