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Group Test: Five More Road Race Bikes
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Bike/Price
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Sizes
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Frame/Fork
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Component Highlights
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Bianchi Veloce
510/264-1001 (CA)
$1,500
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49, 51, 53, 55, 58 and 61 cm
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Dedacciai double-butted lugged
chrome-moly SuperSet2 steel
tubing; Dedacciai chrome-moly
unicrown fork
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Campagnolo Veloce core group with Ergopower;
Campagnolo 53/39 tooth Exa-Drive chainrings and
12-23 tooth eight-speed cassette; Campagnolo
Moscow 32-hole rims; Vittoria Tecno Twin Tread
700x23C tires; Look PM-166 clipless pedals;
Miche Trofeo aluminum headset; 3TTT Podium aluminum bar;
3TTT Podium TIG-welded chrome-moly stem
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GT Strike
714/481-7159 (CA)
$1,100
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48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 and 60 cm
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TIG-welded 7005 series butted
aluminum tubing; aluminum
aero-style blades fork
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Shimano RX-100 core group with STI; Shimano 53/39T Superglide
chainrings and 12-25T eight-speed Hyperglide cassette; Mavic
CXP-10 32-hole rims; Tioga Pro-Line 700x26C tires; VP clipless
pedals; Tange headset; aluminum bar; TIG-welded aluminum
stem
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KHS Aero Comp
800/347-7854 (CA)
$1,500
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S, M and L
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TIG-welded ZH2B design True
Temper Aero Velo chrome-moly
steel tubing; aluminum aero-
style fork
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Shimano 600 Ultegra core group with STI; Shimano 53/39T
SG chainrings and 12-23T eight-speed HG cassette; Sun Venus
32-hole rims; Panaracer Cat-1 700x23C tires; threaded headset;
Modolo aluminum bar; aluminum stem
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Raleigh R-700
206/395-1100 (WA)
$1,250
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50, 54, 56, 58 and 60 cm
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TIG-welded Easton ProGram Elan 3 butted aluminum tubing;
Kinesis bonded carbon-fiber fork
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Shimano 600 Ultegra core group with STI; Shimano 53/39T
SG chainrings and 12-23T eight-speed HG cassette; Mavic
CXP-14 32-hole rims; Continental Super Sport Ultra 700x23C
tires; Wellgo RC-9701 Road clipless pedals; aluminum headset;
Modolo aluminum bar; TIG-welded aluminum stem
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Trek 2300
800/369-TREK (WI)
$1,500
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47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 and 62 cm
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Trek bonded butted carbon fiber/ aluminum lugs, Easton
tapered aluminum stays; System 2 bonded aluminum fork
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Shimano 600 Ultegra core group with STI; Shimano 53/39T
SG chainrings and 12-23T eight-speed HG cassette: Matrix
Aurora 32-hole rims; Continental Grand Prix 700x23C tires;
Shimano 600 Ultegra clipless pedals; Tange Seiki headset;
System 2 aluminum bar; System 2 aluminum stem
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