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 More options 22 Aug 2006, 00:25
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling
From: "AndyMorris" <andymor...@deadspam.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:25:13 +0100
Local: Tues 22 Aug 2006 00:25
Subject: Re: Specialized Langster - can anyone recommend it?

Bronzie wrote:
> So I'm thinking of getting a Winter fixie in search of the fabled
> "souplesse" that old school roadmen talk of with a glint in the eye.
> My options are:

> 1) Roof space special (c. £150+) - somewhere above my head resides a
> 23" Reg Holdsworth steel frame in need of a bit of a re-spray.  It has
> horizontal front-facing rear dropouts so I guess I could cobble a
> fixie together with this, although I'd probably fit new forks,
> headset etc and I'd need to search Ebay for a fixed rear wheel.
> However, what I really want is ..........

> 2) A Specialized Langster (c. £400) ................... or if I'm a
> really good boy .............

> 3) On One "Pompino" (c. £450) - mainly because I love the fact that it
> has a rude Italian name.

I have a pomp' which I love. Its great for baltting around town and suits
mudguards.

For winter its got plenty of room for big tyres and guards, twin eyelets on
the back for a rack as well. Not so sure about the funny bars they are
putting on but that would be a personal thing.

A done up old road bike would be very cool as well, why fit new forks?

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