I've only been riding about a year. My folder serves me well during the week, for short hilly rides during lunch break. On weekends, when I can, I ride my trek hybrid. I love it, but don't do the kind of miles many of you do, I'm pretty proud of myself if I do 10 or 12. I usually ride pavement or crushed limestone, or sometimes a quarter mile dirt and grass trail around my property, to exercise the dogs. So the bikes I have are fine for me. For some reason I have been craving a mountain bike. Not much of a mountain bike, just a low end one.
Today I took the folder by the bike shop where I got my trek, hoping they'd tune it up for me and check the brakes. They took it right in, even though I didn't buy it there. While they had it, I pulled out a trek 820 in a matte bluish color. My downtube bike was ready in no time, for no charge, but I still wanted to ride- so I took the trek out for a ride. I can't say it's better than my hybrid, but it was a lot of fun, and I really liked the bike. It's $349.00- not too much, but certainly not planned. I don't have a bike rack on my car, so it was easy to not walk out with it. I still had some time, so on the way home I stopped at another shop and rode a GT outpost, same price. Which is the better bike?
Why am I even looking at bikes, I am a waste of a good bike. ANyway, I have to take my hybrid in because the bottom bracket is creaking and I get free service. To take it in, I'll have to take a bike rack, and my bike rack holds 2 bikes.....
stop me. Tell me these are horrible el cheapo bikes that will fall apart under my weight. Tell me there's no reason to have a new hybrid, a perfectly good folding bike, and a new mountain bike. Somebody talk some sense into me.