ACE EVOLUTION/DIRECT CONNECT
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Don’t Go
 With the recent Anniversary of Andy Hampsten’s ride up the Gavia in the 1987 Giro, a small band of brave riders set out on a ride of their own. The weather was reminiscent of the stories I’ve read. With a cold rain falling sideways it took a great motivational speech by Andy himself to get us on our bikes. I could still hear his parting words in my ear as we rode off into the cold rain…”Don’t go.” The complete write [...] read more
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SuperCourse Sightings
Our Supercourse has been making the rounds lately. With it’s ACE Dircect Connect carbon frame and a price point that some people spend in gas a month…it’s easy to see why. An “up-grade worthy frame” has been seen in the pages of Road Magazine as reported earlier on this Blog. The Supercourse frame is exactly the same as the Prestige Neil rode on the MS ride. So upgrading his stock Supercourse, with a parts kit that would make the peleton in the Giro Pink (?) with envy,  made perfect [...] read more
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In This Issue Of Road
  We sent Neil@ROAD a Supercourse last year and he decided to make it a “project” bike. In this issue of ROAD “Raleigh Revisited Part-II” is a short write-up of how Neil upgrades his Supercourse – which wears the same carbon frame as our TEAM, Prestige, and Competition road bikes – only it comes in at a wallet friendly price point of $1525.Back in Sept. we invited Neil out to participate in our local MS150 ride – we put [...] read more
