Re: Best Road bike under $1000 (ideally $700)?

maxo wrote: 
For low maintainance commuting, Either a Breezer Villager, or better
yet, a Trek L200:

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/citybike/l200.jsp

Yeah it is a nice looking commuter.

It's an appliance in the Dutch tradition--check out that magnificent
chain case. :D

Nothing wrong with an enclosed chain, keeps the pant leg clean. :)

Bars have a natural curve to them vs those horrible flat bars, and
drivetrain can probably go six months between servicings.

The curve of those bars DO have a more natural looking position to them.

Inevitably somebody's going to go on about efficiency and Nexus
hubs--but a bike that's always ready to ride, rain, snow, or sun is my
idea of a daily driver--I couldn't give a rat's about a derailleur
bike's slight efficiency advantage--those things get too cruddy  and
don't belong on a commuter.

I don't know about the Nexus hubs, but I do remember having a 3 speed as a kid, if I remeber right it just took a couple of drops of oil every once and a while.

Ken
--
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells

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