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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19089
Location: PDX1/11/13 10:00 AM |
Traitor Ruben CX ?
May have a mint used frameset to make a bike for Elaine. Should make a good ride anywhere bike for her...
Anyone familiar with Traitor Ruben ?
http://www.traitorcycles.com
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sanrensho
Joined: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 835
Location: North Vancouver1/11/13 1:57 PM |
I'm not sure why they're commuting up to the top of a mountain (Mt. Baker/Artist's Point I think), but I enjoyed the photos nevertheless.
Sorry, no experience with the brand although I hear the name a lot.
Last edited by sanrensho on 1/11/13 2:09 PM; edited 1 time in total
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6892
Location: Maine1/11/13 2:00 PM |
I dunno
I wouldn't trust a Traitor.
Might be kind of tasty though.
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lrzipris
Joined: 04 Mar 2004
Posts: 532
Location: Doylestown, PA1/11/13 5:38 PM |
I only test-rode one once and just for a brief ride, so I can't really commemt on the quality of the ride. But, considering that the company is HQ'd just a couple of miles away from Bellingham (where I then lived), I always thought it odd how few Traitors I saw on the road. FWIW, probably not much.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19089
Location: PDX1/11/13 5:50 PM |
Thinking it may make a nice wifey version of my Propad Disc. Just need to get another set of calipers... got every thing else, except maybe some narrow-ish bars...
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19089
Location: PDX1/12/13 4:24 PM |
Grabbed the frameset, he tossed in a headset and it still has some nice fenders. Got it home and popped on some wheels, bars/stem seatpost/seat and got Elaine astride. Stuck a closet pole/dowel through the BB so she could pick up her feet. ;)
Looks like a Bingo!
She did not care for the choice of seat I grabbed. ;) Concor, not exactly novice freindly. ;O
Nicely made, welds very good looking and consistent. Brake cable for the rear caliper routes through the chainstay, star braze on water bottle lugs, just looks nice overall.
I think this is going to be a nice ride.
Here is a pic from the ad when he had it built.
<img src="http://coupekiss.host-ed.me/images/ttf/Traitor%20Rubensm.jpg" /img>
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