Fuji Bike Army on 2012

2012 Fuji Bike Grand Fondo 1.0
New to the Fuji line, the Gran Fondo endurance bike brings together the high-performance aspects of a lightweight carbon race bike and the design features of an all-day rider. Compared to the Altamira and the SST, the Gran Fondo has a taller head tube – which helps stave off upper body fatigue – and a bit more compliance through the seat stays - which helps smooth out the road.

2012 SLM 29 LTD SL
Introducing the newest model in Fuji’s hard tail lineup: the SLM 29. Built with ultra-light D6 carbon, the SLM 29 features a tapered head tube (1-1/8” to 1.5”), guaranteeing every bit of rider input gets transferred from the bars to the front wheel with minimal flex.

2012 Altamira CX 1.0
Ridden by elite cyclocross team KCCX, the Altamira CX sets the mud on fire. With top-end D6 carbon and tubing technology pulled straight for our flagship road bike, this all-carbon cross bikes is a serious, lightweight racer – and worthy of sharing the Altamira name.

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Carrera Fury, Light and Pacy Enough

The Fury is a starter bike that strikes an excellent balance. It’s sorted for black route fun and games, being bags of fun on descents, yet it can still climb and keep pace with most nose-in-the-air niche bike riders who try to overtake you on the flat.
This bike is all generally good. Bike is great though - fork excellent for the price, gears perfectly OK (like other poster, X5/X5 rather than X7/X5 per Halfords text above). Only other issue is tyres - no doubt Speedkings are great for some surfaces (carpet, for example).
It’s not only got a great fork and a solid spec, its slightly slacker angles and bigger bar and tyres than most mountain bikes at this price demonstrate an understanding of how UK riders are using entry-level hardtails these days.
It’s got a kind of handle-anything panache as well as a premium ride. Some budget bikes can be a chore to ride and to test, but the Fury was never anything less than fun.
The Fury isn’t a hardcore hardtail, but it's no cross-country racer either. UK designed, it feels contemporary and has clearly been inspired by the kind of riding that Britain’s weekend warriors actually do: going to Afan Forest, say, or hammering through the Howgills.

The welds on this hydroformed aluminium frame have been smoothed off nicely. There’s a semi-integrated head tube too, reinforced behind. The down tube is biaxially oversized and the top tube is fat, with a long shared seam with the down tube and extra support for the extended seat tube.

Overall, value is cracking. Like similar models from Decathlon (the Rockrider 8.1) and Boardman (the Comp), you wonder quite what the Fury is doing in this price point. Brand-owners Halfords don't have to worry about dealer margins as they sell direct to the public, so they can offer a spec that's simply better.

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source : bikeradar.com

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