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- From: spinaa@rpi.edu (Matt Garretson)
- Subject: Re: LX DX XT XTR Confusion
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:30:01 GMT
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- In article <C1An3G.2zD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell) writes:
- >I pissed that I can't find the cheap Exage components anymore. I made
- >the mistake of forking out the money for XT hubs just to have a
- >different part of the hub fail each winter. The original Exage hubs
- >are still in perfect condition and working great after fours years
- >of all-weather commuting.
-
- In the February issue of Bicycle Guide, they have their top $700 suspension
- mountain bikes listed, and many of them have the Exage group. Maybe these
- bikes are below your range, but the groups still seem to exist.
-
- BTW, for a commuter bike, would it be better to go with cheaper exage,
- with the idea that replacements will cheap, or to go with pricier LX or
- DX with the hopes that they will last longer?
-