Treck 520

cm said:

I am looking to buy a touring bike. Has anyone got any advice ? The 520 is a
bit over my budget ( $ 1500-2000 ) at $2300 . Also considering a good second
hand bike , size is 23'.

Check out the Mongoose Randonneur, as discussed here. There is a 'pro'
version now. The base version will give you some change for upgrades.

http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=Mongoose+Randonneur&meta=group%3Daus.bicycle

In article said:

cm said:

I am looking to buy a touring bike. Has anyone got any advice ? The 520 is a
bit over my budget ( $ 1500-2000 ) at $2300 . Also considering a good second
hand bike , size is 23'.

Check out the Mongoose Randonneur, as discussed here. There is a 'pro'
version now. The base version will give you some change for upgrades.

http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=Mongoose+Randonneur&meta=group%3Daus.bicycle

The Randonneur is a good bike, better is the Randonneur Ex, which is the
same bike with some component upgrades, Tiagra instrad of Sora, hard
setpost, better saddle and clipless pedals IIRC

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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:43:06 GMT, "cm" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I am looking to buy a touring bike. Has anyone got any advice ? The 520 is a
bit over my budget ( $ 1500-2000 ) at $2300 . Also considering a good second
hand bike , size is 23'.

I've been really happy with my Fuji Touring Series. My girlfriend's
touring bike is a 520 (which I maintain) so I've been able to compare
the two. I like some of the features of the Fuji better than the Trek.

I checked the Fuji corporate website and they do have a distributor in
Oz, so the bike may be available. However a Google Australia search
for "Fuji Touring Series" only turned up two sites. One of them was
from a usenet news article I posted last year. How it wound up on a
web site in Oz I'll never know. :-)

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Quoted message said:

I checked the Fuji corporate website and they do have a distributor in
Oz, so the bike may be available.

They have an aol email address and no web site. Ack!

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Cm said:

I am looking to buy a touring bike. Has anyone got any advice ? The 520
is a bit over my budget ( $ 1500-2000 ) at $2300 . Also considering a
good second hand bike , size is 23'.

You used to be able to get a reynolds 531 frame, probable Sora groupse
from Cecil Walker in Melbourne for well under $2K, should be a bi
better now with the stronger A$

Check the frame builders in your local state if you are not a Mexican

Mik

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