2008 Mongoose Crossway 350 Comfort Bike?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 at
12:21 am
its on performance bicycle.com and i was planning on shipping it to the store but the info doesnt mention the wheel thickness and in the picture i cant tell
it seems smaller than mountain bike wheels but are they as small as road bike wheels ?
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 1969 VINTAGE SCHWINN DELUXE TYPHOON BEACH CRUISER BIKE BICYCLE COMFORT CLASSIC  US $455.00
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The wheel size is 700c X 37mm so it is wider than a road tire as a road tire is 700x 23 or 25mm wide
It says on the specs the tires are 700 x 37 Looks like a nice bike for the money. Make sure you get the correct size.
Specs
Seatpost: Alloy w/ Micro-Adjust head
Tires: Continental Contact, 700c x 37
Grips/Tape: Ergo Comfort Dual Density
Chain: KMC Z-72
Stem: Mongoose Alloy, 25 degree rise, 180mm quill
Frame: Mongoose Cross/Comfort Design w/ Heat Treated Alloy
Handlebar: Mongoose Steel, 30mm rise
Saddle: Mongoose/Velo Comfort Design
Rear Shock: NA
Brakes: ProMax PAV-711L, Linear-Pull
Wheelset: Rims: Alex PC19, Double Wall Alloy; Hubs: Formula Alloy sealed mech w/ Montague Clix QR on front and rear cassette, 36H
Fork: RST Neon ML, 60mm travel, mechanical lockout, preload adjust w/ Montague Clix dropouts
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Acera RD-M340
Levers: Shimano EF-50 Integrated
Shifters: Shimano EF-50, EZ-Fire
Crankset: Shimano FC-M151, 48/38/28T
Front Derailleur: Shimano FD-C102
Cassette: Shimano, 8-speed, 11/32T
Bottom Bracket: Tange Sealed Cartridge
Headset: VP Steel Threaded
Pedals: Wellgo Resin w/ Rubber top
The wheels are actually bigger in diameter than on an MTB, 700mm rather than 26″ (metric imperial mix). MTB wheels are wider than hybrids or road bikes to take chunkier tyres for off-road grip.
According to Evans’ site (link below) the tyres are 700×37 which is wider than road bike tyres which are typically 700×23, but not as wide as MTB tyres which are around 26×2.1″.
It looks like a decent bike and should perform well on the streets and on light off-road tracks etc. Just wonder if you need the costs and weight of front forks though, if not there are some good rigid-fork hybrids for the same price or less.