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Bikes like the Jamis Aurora and Bianchi Volpe

Submitted by paul h on Tue, 2008-08-05 04:15.

I'm looking for something under $1k

sturdy wheels
wide range of gearing
eyelets for racks/fenders
room for fattish tires
medium to long wheelbase.

Jamis Aurora has all everything I want (especially once I swap in my compact crank and Campy shifters). The Bianchi is half-way there. With the exact same ders and shifters the Biachi is ~50 bucks more.

Any other bikes like this that I'm missing?

the jamis
the bianchi

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Jeff's picture

Surly Long Haul Trucker

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 2008-08-05 05:54.

http://www.surlybikes.com/lht_comp.html

I was recently looking at all these bikes. Finally decide to build up one due to the handlebars and brakes I wanted.

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Submitted by paul h on Tue, 2008-08-05 11:46.

The Surly's are nice, but I can't figure out the ~$150 price jump compared to the Jamis. It's got pretty much the same components.

Also, everyone and their new born baby wrapped in a cloth around their chest around here has a Surly (but that shouldn't matter)

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If you want it complete....

Submitted by Teh Black Hole on Tue, 2008-08-05 06:18.

If you want it complete.... what he said.

If you can build it up, I say go rigid steel MTB with slicks.