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julian_w · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:38 am Post subject: Busan - Road bike/ Racing style

Road bike for sale.

w350,000 or nearest offer.

Was worth w460,000 online in March.

Great bike, great condition.
Less than a year old.
Used for daily 15 minute commute (since purchase in March), 1 - 2 month's training and one triathlon (40 kms).

I'm selling it to get something next step up in racing, and something a better size for me.

Medium sized frame.

Great entry-level bike for racing, or for getting around town fast.

Near Seomyeon, Busan. Can travel around town, and probably deliver within Gyeongsan Namdo.

julian_w · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: More details

It has Shimano Sora (Flightdeck Triple) gears, where you flick the brake levers to switch one way, and then click a thumb trigger to switch the other way.

It weighs a bit over 10kgs. Standard aluminium (aluminum) frame.

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Hi, I'm way up in Seoul and it looks a little small but I use to have a very similar one. Lots of fun. Can I ask what site you used to buy it online? I can't find entry level road bikes in many shops.

julian_w · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:50 am Post subject: url

Sure. Here it is.

They used to have the price on them, and display all the specs too. The whole website design has changed. Strange. If you play around there, you can find some other models, most of which are virtually bloody wrought-iron design. The Lespo Grandprix is the other good, simple, aluminium with Shimano gearing entry-level racing bike. You may be able to find them in some stores. You may be able to ask Koreans. Local satori (dialect) is different in different places in the country, for a road bike. In some places you say in Korean 'kyoungi jajang-goh' (racing bike). In other places it's straight Konglish: 'cycle'. The trick is, unless they're hardened hard-core nut-bar semi-professional triathletes or cyclists, they wont know the difference between a 25 kg piece of junk with w20 brakes and w30 gearing systems, and something top-of-the-line and imported from Italy that costs w3 million. There's hardly anything in between, which is why I love this babe so much. My knees seem to be demanding something that fits me a bit better these days though.

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Thanks. I had an ICON, similar specs. Paid about 450,000 for it several years ago. Sold it in a panic. Oops.