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.

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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'.

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

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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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Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Cm
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 groupset from Cecil Walker in Melbourne for well under $2K, should be a bit better now with the stronger A$.

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

Mike