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MilleniaTMH
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: April 22, 2005
Strengths: Price, saddle and weight.Weaknesses: Creaking noise in fork.Bottom Line: Great bike for the price. Despite being the low end of the Shimano groups when tuned properly I've never really had any problems with the Sora group. This was my first road bike and after 3000 miles I still love this bike. I had to replace the stock rear wheel at about 2800 miles with a Mavic open pro/Ultegra hub. I've replaced the handle bar tape and tires and thats it. The fork does tend to creak so I have to regularly loosen and re tighten it and it goes away. I have to believe it's one of the best beginner road bikes for the price.
Favorite Ride: WOD/Custis/Mt. Vernon trails
Price Paid:
$550.00
Purchased At: Performance Bike
Similar Products Used: Fuji Professional
Bike Setup: Stock with the following upgrades:
Forte Classic look style pedals.
Mavic Open Pro wheels with Ultegra Hubs.
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musazzii
a Recreational Rider
from No Where In ParticularDate Reviewed: April 26, 2003
Strengths: Frame and ForkWeaknesses: Wheels, Drive-TrainBottom Line: Good bike for price. Stock Alex Rims could be changed to Mavic Open Pro's. Sora with the Cyclone makes for a bad gruop/drive-train. The frame is great(no flex), the fork is also good.
Favorite Ride: Windless Rides!
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: FreeWheeler Bicycle
Similar Products Used: Giant OCR 2, Specialized Allez
Bike Setup: Stock except: Rockwerk SPD pedals, and Sigma Sport cyclometer.
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tri_rage
a Triathlete
from Date Reviewed: February 28, 2002
Strengths: Beautiful Fast bike for the Buck! 175mm Cranks at this price point, you gotta love pounding those things on the Tri-Scene!Weaknesses: Gotta be the wheels! Stupid things popped a Bead before I even left the store on my demo ride! Sora groupo Sucks!!! What is with this not shifting while pedaling? It has left me high and dry on a couple of climbs! My 10 year old STX stuff does a hell of a lot better! Get rid of those narrow short toe-clips!Bottom Line: Overall I would have to agree with the other reviewers comments. I was getting a bit worried that I had a lemon on my hands with the ticking and shifting problems and was thinking about returning it to the store. I will definetely be spending a couple of bucks to upgrade the group.
Favorite Ride: Anything Fast
Price Paid:
$499.00
Purchased At: Performance Bikes
Similar Products Used: Schwinn, Diamond Back, Performance, Mongoose
Bike Setup: Stock plus Cateye computer and Forte' Pro Clipless pedals.
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Carl
a Commuter
from Date Reviewed: January 2, 2002
Strengths: Price, frame.Weaknesses: as noted in other reviews the B/B sucks, get a litle water down the down tube or the B/B shell and it ticks untill you pull it down and re-install it putting grease on all mating surfaces. My rear wheel started popping spokes after 600 miles and the wheel literaly split from one spoke hole to the next. I bought a set of rsx/cxp21 wheels from nashbar and all is well.Bottom Line: I bought this bike as a commuter and overall I am pleased, however I wiegh 220+ and the poor old Alex wheels could not handle the stress, if your doing heavy duty riding or are a big guy spring for the 2002 OCR 2, Tiagra components and I believe it has mavic cxp21 wheels.
I love the bike but I have to score it low due to the wheels and the crank and B/B (the medium bike comes with a 175, too long for me)
Price Paid:
$500.00
Purchased At: Deans
Similar Products Used: Last road bike was an 80's era miata
Bike Setup: stock with the following upgrades
wheels (rsx/DT/cxp21)
Ultegra rear der.
sora tripple (stock cyc
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Pavement Eater
a Recreational Rider
from ParagouldDate Reviewed: October 13, 2001
Strengths: The solid frame and weight for the price.Weaknesses: The sora drivetrain is sometimes a pain not shifting correctly.Bottom Line: Great 1st bike, I bought it used only 2 months old and not a scratch on it. This is a very solid bike that doesnt flex under my weight of 225lbs. Im going to buy my wife the new 2002 model for xmas. For the money you cant touch this bike.
Favorite Ride: 12 mile loop east of town
Price Paid:
$375.00
Purchased At: Gearhead Outfitters
Similar Products Used: None
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