How did you choose your bike?

[Trek420]

DebW my LBS and I are debating that or a fixed gear. He says there's a hub that I could flip over and use either way?

[bike4ever]

Trek420 - flip/flop hub. Surly makes one reasonably affordable.

[light_sabe_r]

BF put me on his old mountain bike to show me what I was missing out on. After that ride my body was SOOOOO SORE I could hardly move for a week!

That when I decided I needed a bike. So I started researching.

BF got me "fitted" and put me on a few road bikes (trek) I felt so overwhelmed and shocked at the price! I was a beginner! What if I didn't even like cycling??

Then I knuckled down. Researched a lot of women's bikes, went to a lot of stores then decided I wanted a step through while I was learning to ride again. And I needed to be able to lift it into my car (because at that stage I lived with my parents WAYYYY out of the city)

I looked at may different types, Wound up with Jamis Tangier. ^_^ I've now done 1035km on him and I've only had him since June 26... WOOHOO

Now as for picking my new roadie, I've test ridden a whole heap of different bikes, But SUB is the best thing I've ridden! Let's just say she fits and she handles like a dream. I want her because Jamis is hard to get up hills, but I CAN get up those hills which two months ago I would have walked.