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Item 837491
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Comments about Novara Zealo Bike - 2013:
I bought this bike to commute to work 20 miles round trip more or less five days a week on flat generally smooth streets and so far (little over a month) it has worked flawlessly.
This bike is a re-release of the old Novara Buzz Road bike with nearly identical hardware. I owned the Buzz road and it was stolen, so when I found out that they were rerealeasing it it was a no brainer.
The bike is very responsive when weaving around traffic, and the disk breaks work great.
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Comments about Novara Zealo Bike - 2013:
After a month of daily commuting, I've been very pleased with the Zealo. The bike has good quality components and desirable tires for a price less that other disc road bikes.
My one dislike is that the brake caliper was placed on the seat stay instead of the chainstay. The chosen caliper placement makes most rear racks incompatible. Compatible racks seem to generally wider and cause panniers to stick out further than ideal.
The Zealo, outfitted with SKS Longboard splash guards, Topeak disc mount rack, and Ortlieb panniers makes a great long distance commuting bike.
It's quick, well put together, and sharp looking.
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Comments about Novara Zealo Bike - 2013:
This bike has been putting in 30 miles a day 5 days a week for 2 weeks now through the streets of NYC. So far its been great, if you rode a big buzz the geometry is the same because they took that frame and install a road bike drive train. The BB7 brakes offer lots of stopping power in the city but if your coming from a straight bar bike it will feel less powerful if your braking from the hoods. The new 10 speed Tiagra feels very adequate though on the rear deraileur I wish they'd charged us a bit more and threw a 105 on only because I've had it stick almost every day even after having REI readjust it. Last thing, the "wing" drop bars are great for the city, very comfortable drops, lots of riding positions and they leave you with enough heads up to see everything around you in the city.
So far its a great blend of speed with durability even if its substantially heavier than a typical road bike its geometry and cockpit lend itself to speed vs say the Muirwood or Big Buzz.
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