Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!cmcl2!rna!cubsvax!peters From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: "STOCK" touring bikes Message-ID: <445@cubsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 12:10:59 EST Article-I.D.: cubsvax.445 Posted: Mon Mar 3 12:10:59 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Mar-86 06:39:15 EST References: Reply-To: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) Organization: Columbia Univ. Bio. CG Fac., NY Lines: 17 In article love@mhuxr.UUCP (LINDENBERGER) writes: >I am in the market for a good touring bike. A local dealer tells me that >modern automated production techniques have enabled the Japanese to produce >very high quality frames at reasonable cost. Two that he reccomends are >Shogun and Miyata. All alloy construction, and rims. TRIPLE butted tubes >sounds intelligent to me. Shimano cantilever brakes and deraileurs. Each >offers what the dealer says is a fine quality touring bike, designed to go >the distance, for around $400. complete. I've been very happy with my Univega Gran Turissimo, in the same price range. I got it at Toga, 64th & West End Ave., in Manhattan. For a little more you can get a Specialized (though they're hard to find on the East coast), which is probably a better bike. Miyata is good; I don't know Shogun. Peter S. Shenkin Columbia Univ. Biology Dept., NY, NY 10027 {philabs,rna}!cubsvax!peters cubsvax!peters@columbia.ARPA