General: Need Some Help

Posted By: sfbee

Posted By: G starspend your rent---- get a Guerciotti record track--- a Gios track--- you'll never go back-- have patience
stay away from chinese cookie cutters--- trust me, save for some nice simple velocitys-- these two bikes are
the shit to me--- you can keep all the other crap--- spend the money and time to research you geometry-- risk you life--- blah blah blah surley hubs are garbage--- schwinns are sloppy --- lugged, porno tight, italian , serious, come-on
get on the "handmade bike" brigade-- what's a grand? learn to shift a ferrarri, blah, blah........... hic....

Your post makes makes no sense. Did you sign up for the forums just to include your useless input in this and the the leader drama thread? The guy is looking for acompletebike for around 750 or less. Telling him to buy a frame that he doesn't need, and that will consume most of that cost isn't going to help him much.

IRO puts out quality stuff for a fair price, and it's backed by a great company to boot. They get excellent reviews based on their customer service, and also have a no questions asked replacement plan for wrecked frames, which I'm sure you'll appreciate should you ever fall into a situation that requires it. I have an angus frame sitting around that I haven't done anything with yet, but it looks good and is light.

Steamrollers are well liked too. I know a few people who ride them, including a NYC courier who pounds the ever living shit out of his, and have heard nothing bad about them (other than being on the heavier side).

A guy at my work rides a madison . He likes it. I can't testify for it since I've only ridden it around the parking lot a few times (and I'm like a circus bear on it since I'm a giant).

Out of all the options, I'd probably go with the IRO based on the fact that it comes with decent components and is backed by a good replacement policy. IRO is also providing free shipping with their orders right now, so you can save a few bucks if you're ordering your stuff online.

Posted By: G starspend your rent---- get a Guerciotti record track--- a Gios track--- you'll never go back-- have patience
stay away from chinese cookie cutters--- trust me, save for some nice simple velocitys-- these two bikes are
the shit to me--- you can keep all the other crap--- spend the money and time to research you geometry-- risk you life--- blah blah blah surley hubs are garbage--- schwinns are sloppy --- lugged, porno tight, italian , serious, come-on
get on the "handmade bike" brigade-- what's a grand? learn to shift a ferrarri, blah, blah........... hic....

Posted By: G starsurly hubs blow..... nothing personal.... they suck---- my opinion--- my opinion also covers anything that is mass produced in asia like a nike tennis shoe-- nothing negetive about the people-- its just the craft of handmade and with pride kinda looses it when a company like bianci ships stock thousands of miles away to have it come back to me like bad dry wall.......sniff...