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  1. Original post
    Lindsay Rowland
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    I have to make room for another bike so this one has the opportunity to go to another owner. Here
    are the specs (off the top of my head)::

    Gemini Exage Sport Cro-mo frame 52cm c-c seat tube 56cm c-c top tube 7-speed rear cluster 14-28
    42/53 chainrings - Biopace 700c alloy rims Michelin Axial Kevlar 700x23c tyres Indexed bar-end
    shifters (poor person's STI)

    Relatively new bits: rear cluster; chain; chainrings; brake blocks; cables.

    Any colour so long as it's black!

    This was once my only bike and I did some great miles/Ks on it. The cro-mo frame is nicely compliant
    (absorbs a certain amount of road shock) and would suit a small to medium sized person - I'm around
    5'7" and it fits fine. It has the usual signs of wear and tear for a bike a decade or so old.

    I've geared it to be easy to ride up hills (28/39) and long-legged for fast downhills (14/53), so it
    makes a great commuter, sports tourer or an entry level trainer/racer. It's lighter than most MTBs,
    but isn't a featherweight either.

    I would keep it as a rain bike or commuter myself but there really are only so many bikes one can
    justify owning.

    I want $275 for it; buyer pays for shipping.

    Contact me via email for more details/questions - my access to this newsgroup is unreliable. I can
    arrange photos on request..

    Lindsay Rowlands [email hidden]

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  2. Lindsay Rowland
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    The bike has been sold.

    Cheerz, Lynzz

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  3. Hippy
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    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    The bike has been sold.

    Wow! That was quick.

    hippy

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  4. Lindsay Rowland
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    hippy <[email hidden]> wrote:
    : "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    : "]news:[email hidden]...
    :> The bike has been sold.

    : Wow! That was quick.

    : hippy

    Mercifully! It's a great bike and is much appreciated by the new owner. I needed the $s to pay for
    the recent MTB acquisition. Now that's a bike! 11kg ringing wet is some light hard tail.

    With a good roadie, fixie and now a real MTB I'm pretty well catered for, though if there was a
    local track I'd have one of those too. I'd like to one day own a recumbent just for the different
    experience.

    Cheerz, Lynzz

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  5. Hippy
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    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    MTB acquisition. Now that's a bike! 11kg ringing wet is some light hard tail.

    Could you please bless us with a specification... ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    With a good roadie, fixie and now a real MTB I'm pretty well catered for, though if there was a
    local track I'd have one of those too. I'd like to one day own a recumbent just for the different
    experience.

    Me too.. I want one of those funky racing trikes. I think they would be a heap of fun around
    suburbian back streets. Rolling one under a car not included...

    hippy

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  6. Lindsay Rowland
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    hippy <[email hidden]> wrote:
    : "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    : "]news:[email hidden]...
    :> MTB acquisition. Now that's a bike! 11kg ringing wet is some light hard tail.

    : Could you please bless us with a specification... ;-)

    Frame is 17" Parkpre Aluteam, RockShox Judy SL forks (1.8kg), XT rear; LX front hubs, XT 8-speed
    cassette, LX shifters, LX cantilever brakes, SPDs, alloy stems and bars, Scott grips... that's about
    all I can remember.

    :> With a good roadie, fixie and now a real MTB I'm pretty well catered for, though if there was a
    :> local track I'd have one of those too. I'd like to one day own a recumbent just for the different
    :> experience.

    : Me too.. I want one of those funky racing trikes. I think they would be a heap of fun around
    : suburbian back streets. Rolling one under a car not included...

    If you want to zap over to www.chucksbikes.com to drool over the Tsunami recumbent for US$750 you
    can also check out all the other great and cheap stuff. I'm quite distracted by the thought of the
    Merida Magnesium road frame for US$250, plus affordable carbon road and MTB bars, etc. Gotta stop
    wasting time obsessing about bike bits, but it sure is more interesting than work!!

    : hippy

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  7. Hippy
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    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Frame is 17" Parkpre Aluteam, RockShox Judy SL forks (1.8kg), XT rear; LX front hubs, XT 8-speed
    cassette, LX shifters, LX cantilever brakes, SPDs, alloy stems and bars, Scott grips... that's
    about all I can remember.

    I've heard that brand mentioned somewhere before... had a look and it seems they are a bit rare -
    nice work ;-)

    www.parkpre.com has been setup by a fan of the brand.

    Quoted message said:

    If you want to zap over to www.chucksbikes.com to drool over the Tsunami recumbent for US$750 you
    can also check

    I'll do that.. just have to close the other 20 bike-related browser windows.. ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    out all the other great and cheap stuff. I'm quite distracted by the thought of the Merida
    Magnesium road frame for US$250, plus affordable carbon road and MTB bars, etc. Gotta stop wasting
    time obsessing about bike bits, but it sure is more interesting than work!!

    I'm totally in the same boat.. must not look at more bikes.. doh!

    hippy :-)

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  8. ftf
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    Quoted post said:

    Originally posted by Hippy
    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Frame is 17" Parkpre Aluteam, RockShox Judy SL forks (1.8kg), XT rear; LX front hubs, XT 8-speed
    cassette, LX shifters, LX cantilever brakes, SPDs, alloy stems and bars, Scott grips... that's
    about all I can remember.



    I've heard that brand mentioned somewhere before... had a look and it seems they are a bit rare -
    nice work ;-)

    www.parkpre.com has been setup by a fan of the brand.

    Quoted message said:

    If you want to zap over to www.chucksbikes.com to drool over the Tsunami recumbent for US$750 you
    can also check



    I'll do that.. just have to close the other 20 bike-related browser windows.. ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    out all the other great and cheap stuff. I'm quite distracted by the thought of the Merida
    Magnesium road frame for US$250, plus affordable carbon road and MTB bars, etc. Gotta stop wasting
    time obsessing about bike bits, but it sure is more interesting than work!!



    I'm totally in the same boat.. must not look at more bikes.. doh!

    hippy :-)

    I remember parkpre as a pretty well known brand 6-7 years ago when I first started mtb'ing, but haven't really heard anything about them since - at least not here in Oz.

    Lindsay, was it a new or 2nd hand bike you purchased? Im interested to know if they still make bikes...

    Cheers,
    Troy

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  9. Damian Harvey
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    I want a recumbent just so I can have a bike with 3 wheels. I already have one with two and one with
    one. You want a laugh? try falling off a unicycle again and again. It's a hoot.
    --
    Cheers Damian Harvey

    www.mazzoir.textamerica.com is my moblog.

    Ha.

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  10. Hippy
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    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    If you want to zap over to www.chucksbikes.com to drool over the Tsunami recumbent for US$750 you
    can also check

    Yeah, but it's not one of the quick trikes I'd love...

    Quoted message said:

    out all the other great and cheap stuff. I'm quite distracted by the thought of the Merida
    Magnesium road frame for US$250, plus affordable carbon road and MTB bars, etc.

    My new downhill bike: chucksbikes.comindexcb014.htm

    B$&ard americans though.. wish I could get hold of stuff, as cheap, over here! They also seem to
    have a lot of custom frame builders in the states - I see new bike/frame names all the time on
    mtbr's SS forum. Nice..

    hippy

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  11. Tim Jones
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    "hippy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    If you want to zap over to www.chucksbikes.com to drool over the Tsunami recumbent for US$750
    you can also check

    Yeah, but it's not one of the quick trikes I'd love...

    Quoted message said:

    out all the other great and cheap stuff. I'm quite distracted by the thought of the Merida
    Magnesium road frame for US$250, plus affordable carbon road and MTB bars, etc.

    My new downhill bike: chucksbikes.comindexcb014.htm

    I'm not sure that one is going to stand up to much punishment in a downhill race with big drops!

    ;-)

    Tim

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  12. Lindsay Rowland
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    ftf <[email hidden]> wrote:

    : I remember parkpre as a pretty well known brand 6-7 years ago when I first started mtb'ing, but
    : haven't really heard anything about them since - at least not here in Oz.

    : Lindsay, was it a new or 2nd hand bike you purchased? Im interested to know if they still make
    : bikes...

    There is quite a bit of info on a site set up by an enthusiast - just google parkpre. It seems the
    name comes from the combination of 'Park' and 'Precision'. It was truncated to fit the decal on the
    downtube. I didn't read every bit of info on the site but I recall something about ParkPre still
    being made in Italy for a team.

    The bike is a second hand purchase. A great friend who is a MTB racer (veteran now) recently
    upgraded to a porno steel Marin hardtail. By that I mean he bought the frame from the US and swapped
    some components from the ParkPre. He is the archetypal weight weenie so I was lucky to get some of
    the light stuff like headset, stem and of course the frame and forks. We both regard the ParkPre as
    going to an old people's home for MTBs. I paid so little for it that I'll always regard it as his
    and should he not be able to sleep at night for not being able look across the room to see the
    beloved 'pre then I'm happy to ship it back to him. Mates are like that.

    Cheerz, Lynzz

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