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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on March 23, 2012 at 10:46am

LOL @ that bike being $1900 MSRP.

And, is it just me, or is that chainring freakishly large? If that thing is a city bike, who the heck commutes on something like a 53/18 and in the drops the entire time?

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Permalink Reply by Chris LaFrombois (8.5 mi - o.w.) on March 23, 2012 at 11:30am

And, is it just me, or is that chainring freakishly large? If that thing is a city bike, who the heck commutes on something like a 53/18 and in the drops the entire time?

I do. I ride a 53/18 and it works just fine :)

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 23, 2012 at 11:39am

Would work really well on a 20"-wheeled mini-velo bike...

I"m a wimp -HTFU James ;)

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Permalink Reply by mshea on March 23, 2012 at 12:02pm

Ballers, Jim.  Straight up Ballers. 

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on March 23, 2012 at 1:45pm

Huh. I looked at the gear inch calculator, and that's about 77 GI. I thought it was more. I used to commute on a SS/FG with 48/18 on the freewheel and 48/15 on the fixed cog. 70 GI felt 1000x better than  84 GI. More power to ya though.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on March 23, 2012 at 3:15pm

More like $960. Even that is a lot of money for a bike with tektro levers.
http://bedi-sports.com/products/Colnago-Super-2012-Bike.html

Jim S said:

LOL @ that bike being $1900 MSRP.

And, is it just me, or is that chainring freakishly large? If that thing is a city bike, who the heck commutes on something like a 53/18 and in the drops the entire time?

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