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- From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
- Subject: Re: LX DX XT XTR Confusion
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42:08 GMT
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- In article <#an3dhd@rpi.edu> spinaa@rpi.edu (Matt Garretson) writes:
- >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.
- >
-
- That's ok. I'm looking for individual components. Sure, I can get
- Exage parts at the local bike shop, but it'd be cheaper to get some
- LX out of Nashbar.
-
- I'd prefer that Nashbar or Performance would continue to carry the
- Exage parts.
-
- >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?
-
- Well, as I stated in the previous post, I'm biased against the pricier
- parts because my cheaper parts have laster longer.
-
- Flip
-
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