boy you got that right, i bought the cheapest bike i could because i was so scared it would just get dusty in the garage, but i cant stop riding nowOriginally Posted by Cassandra_Cain
Pooks I'm guilty
nobody knows for sure that they are going to be sucked into this sport the way we have!
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08-25-2006, 01:07 PM #1
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08-25-2006, 01:28 PM #2
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My bike is (was?) a Specialized Sirrus, which lists as both a "comfort" bike and a road bike on their website. It's perfect for what I was doing - commuting in town. I have a road bike jones, though!
Aperte mala cm est mulier, tum demum est bona. -- Syrus, Maxims
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08-25-2006, 01:47 PM #3
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well, hip, let's hope that the wheel took all of the hit!
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08-25-2006, 03:01 PM #4
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If it didn't I would be OK - I could get that Kona Jake I've been drooling over! Originally Posted by mimitabby
Aperte mala cm est mulier, tum demum est bona. -- Syrus, Maxims
(When a woman is openly bad, she is at last good.)
Edepol nunc nos tempus est malas peioris fieri. -- Plautus, Miles Gloriosus
(Now is the time for bad girls to become worse still.)
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08-25-2006, 05:27 PM #5
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Talk to Andrew at Recycled Cycles! He sold me my Kona Dew!
(a hybrid, which I love and used in a triathlon, and I just bought a steel Waterford for longer rides)"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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08-26-2006, 06:19 AM #6
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I'm riding a Raleigh C40 hybrid (see my avatar) but I'm ready to move to a road bike. When I bought it 3 years ago I was just getting back into riding after a 15+ year break. At that time I expected that I might ride a combination of paved roads and packed trails and figured a hybrid was what I wanted. Three years later, the bike has never been off the asphalt and I'm more interested in increased efficiency, etc for road riding. My needs have changed.
I've loved my hybrid but I'm ready for a new bike.I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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08-26-2006, 06:35 AM #7
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uhoh.. you're in dangerous territory.. have fun trying to find the perfect bike for you! Originally Posted by MDHillSlug
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08-25-2006, 01:56 PM #8
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I, too, started with a hybrid - a Trek 7200FX. I put quite a few miles on her and then bought a roadbike (10 months on the hybrid). I must admit that I don't ride the hybrid much anymore. It's on a rack up high in the garage. I do take it out when my daughter rides her bike and when we toodle around the neighborhood. My plan was to use it for short commutes in town (to haircuts and the like). I do this in cool weather, but it's been so hot lately that we haven't done any neighborhood rides in a while.
Some people do not like the geometry of roadbikes and stay with hybrids and ride gazillions of miles. I kept feeling the need to be more aerodynamic and was riding resting on my handlebars with my arms. It was time for me to get a roadbike.
I bought my hybrid because it was relatively inexpensive and was a good way to test out my knees and if I would stick with cycling without dropping a ton of money on a roadbike. It was well worth it!*******************
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