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Jerry R.
a Recreational Rider
from Date Reviewed: April 12, 2004
Strengths: super fast and light. Good ride for aluminum frame. ultegra.Weaknesses: weak saddle. 105 front derailleurBottom Line: This is my first road bike, although I tried some others. This is the best I've ridden. Light, fast, and surprisingly stiff. I'm very happy with my purchase.
Favorite Ride: country roads
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At: red river cyclery
Similar Products Used: Gunnar roadie with dura-ace
Bike Setup: stock except fizik saddle and ultegra front derailleur
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latentaudio1
a Recreational Rider
from Upstate, NYDate Reviewed: October 23, 2002
Strengths: Bike fit, ride and stiffness.Weaknesses: Having some trouble dialing in the front derailleur. The mechanic fiddled with it for quite some time. It's better but it still rubs and has some issues shifting.Bottom Line: This is a great bike for the price (especially on an end of year close out).
I rode the following bikes: Binachi Giro, Klein Quantum, Cannondale R900 & R600, Lemond Zurich, and the 2200T felt faster and more comfortable. The R900 was a very close runner up.
I also rode a Trek 2300 which was the best of the bunch but couldn't find a leftover in my size.
I was very impressed how well this bike soaks up rought roads.
Favorite Ride: All of them.
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Purchased At: LBS
Bike Setup: Stock
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curtybirdychopper
a Triathlete
from Bay Area, CADate Reviewed: June 10, 2002
Strengths: quick, light response and feel. better than typical oclv
carbon fork, decent bontrager select wheels.Weaknesses: low quality stock seat and pedals. dont
care much for icon graphite carbon stem.Bottom Line: Comparing a few of the more common bikes in this price range
(Lemond B.A., Bianchi Vigorelli, others), this is one nice ride. It is
nearly 1 to 2 lbs lighter than many of the other steel frames that are
full ultegra equipped. I was worried about the stiffness, but the frame
is surprisingly forgiving. The more I ride, the more I like the bike.
Favorite Ride: this one
Price Paid:
$1430.00
Purchased At: missing link, berkel
Bike Setup: speedplay frog pedals, ultegra with 105
brakes and frt derailer, stock seat for
now.
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oregonyankee
a Road Racer
from Portland, ORDate Reviewed: May 31, 2002
Strengths: Value - esp with Ultegra shifters and rear derailleur. Stiff and light.Weaknesses: Seat is so-so. I swapped out the Bontrager tires for Michelins and more grip in the Oregon wet. Cheapy Shimano pedals (get store credit and put on some better ones).Bottom Line: The 2200 is quick and much more comfortable than other aluminums I've ridden. Suprisingly good up hills and well behaved down them, as well. A very, very good training bike for the price.
Favorite Ride: Anywhere in Oregon
Price Paid:
$1450.00
Purchased At: Kissler's Cyclery
Similar Products Used: Cannondale
Bike Setup: Ultegra with upgraded Ultegra chainring and cranks. Botrager carbon seatpost. Kobe seat. ProStryke 2
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Steven in Arizona
a Recreational Rider
from Tucson, ArizonaDate Reviewed: April 30, 2002
Strengths: Almost all Ultegra components for $1500? WOW! How could you go wrong? Smooth shifting. Precise handling. Very quick acceleration.Weaknesses: Saddle, it would be worth your effort to replace/trade it with your LBS at the time of sale.Bottom Line: I bought this bike after doing side by side test rides with similar bikes in the same price range. I was convinced that the 2200 gave me the most bike for my money. I have used this bike on a few time trials as well as local races. The Alpha SL aluminum frame offers a ride that is very smooth. This is only accented by the OCLV carbon fork. Makes the miles melt away.
Favorite Ride: Tucson Foothills
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Purchased At: Full Cycle of Arizon
Similar Products Used: Trek 520 for commuting to work
Bike Setup: Stock except for seat and stem
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