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Well the disk brakes work great on my bike. The rear drive train is kinda noisy though.

Perry

--- In Bacchetta_Bikes@yahoogroups.com, bikeolounger@... wrote:
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> Best guess? Low sales.
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> I've built a couple for customers, and a friend has one that he bought after I was out of the business. They are, indeed, nice bikes. The only problem I've found with them is that the brake calipers were not as nice as I'd like--a fairly simple upgrade, should I ever find myself owning one, and merely another compromise issue to keep the MSRP within reason.
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> They just didn't sell well enough to keep them in production.
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> Sadly, it happens. Find me a 2009 Ryan Vanguard, if you can. The Longbikes Slipstream (direct descendent of the Vanguard) is not the same bike, although it IS a nice ride by all accounts.
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> Tom, aka bikeolounger
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> Does anyone know why Bacchetta killed the Agio? I still have mine. I was wondering if they had design problems or anything like that?
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> Perry
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