I think most old suspension-less mountain bikes make great All Rounders. Most people I run into touring have an old mountain bike converted to All Rounder. I am not too sure about how the geometry changed from the early 80's to about 1997 (when it became almost impossible to get a high quality suspension-less bike), but I converted several of them from that time period into AR's and they all work great. I currently have a 1996 Trek 930 that I bought new in the box in 2006. The key is to buy it WAY bigger than they would have sized you for when it was new. Lugs vs non-lugged is much less important to me when I am going for value-- condition and spec is much more important. Almost everyone I know is a new stem, new tires, new h'bars away from a great AR--oh yeah, and fenders, cant forget the fenders.
I think this is brilliant: http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-NISHIKI-CASCADE-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-BICYCLE_W0QQitemZ160361421102QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMountain_Bikes?hash=item255649192e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1179wt_958 I know, tinyurl, but I wanted people to know it was ebay.$259 for a new full LX bike with thumbshifters? That is grand-- of course it is also tiny-- but I got my Trek from the same guy-- he must have a warehouse of old mountain bikes. The Trek was top-notch and as good as he claimed. Cheers! cm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
