How much does your hybrid weigh?

[Toni]

Hey, HipGnosis6, do you just love your Sirrus? I have a Trek 5000 road bike but I wanted to ride to work 3 times a week and didn't want to take the chance of having my Trek stolen......so, I got the Sirrus and I absolutely love this bike (not in any kind of weird way ). I have accessorized it so much (SOMA fenders, SOMA pedals, NiteRider Halogen light, computer, back rack with bag) I feel like I have "pimped" my ride! My ride is only 10 miles each way, mostly on a bike path (Lucky me ), but I always wish it was a longer ride because I enjoy my bike so much.

[mimitabby]

My Raleigh C700 hybrid weighs 30 pounds.

my tandem.. (and this was really fun to hold while standing on a scale) weighs 41 pounds!

[pooks]

My hybrid weighs almost as much as your tandem? LOL

[mimitabby]

My hybrid weighs almost as much as your tandem? LOL

Pooks, we have a heavy tandem too (still panting here )
A bike as heavy as yours is slowing you down, i think.

(want to buy a Raleigh?)

[ChainsOflove]

My hybrid, A cannondale H300, named Abigail, is so big fat and heavy I'm scared to weigh her. She is one big girl.

[pooks]

A bike as heavy as yours is slowing you down, i think.

(want to buy a Raleigh?)

Well, yes, I figured it was. I'm still considering getting a road bike of some kind, too. But I know so little about it, and will learn a lot more before I jump into that. Also, I don't know ANYTHING about shifting gears and chains!

[mary9761]

My Navigator 50 weighs MORE than your tandem!!!! 46.5 lbs fully loaded the way I ride with water, rack, lights etc. This was weighed at the LBS!! I load this thing on and off the front rack of a city bus on a regular basis too..

[mimitabby]

Well, yes, I figured it was. I'm still considering getting a road bike of some kind, too. But I know so little about it, and will learn a lot more before I jump into that. Also, I don't know ANYTHING about shifting gears and chains!

What worked for me is this; i bought a used road bike because i wasn't sure i would like it.. I didn't want to buy a new bike with all the sticker shock and all and find out I HATED it.

And shifting. hehehe you will just have to learn. bit by bit. I am still learning myself.

what would have been even better was if i could have borrowed someone's bike.. But the only someone was waiting for her new bike to come in and whenever I made an overture to borrow the bike, her new bike had a delay in the manufacturing process. . I think i bought my Bianchi before she ever got her new bike!

[pooks]

Mary, I bet if I had full water bottles, and sizeable lights and such, mine could weigh as much as yours!

mimi -- I thought somebody said that used bikes cost almost as much as new unless they needed a lot of work? Or maybe finding one that actually fits you AND is in decent shape is really hard? I just recall somebody thinking about getting a used bike and being advised that they might want to look at new. But the idea of a used one is appealing.

[HipGnosis6]

Hey, HipGnosis6, do you just love your Sirrus? I have a Trek 5000 road bike but I wanted to ride to work 3 times a week and didn't want to take the chance of having my Trek stolen......so, I got the Sirrus and I absolutely love this bike (not in any kind of weird way ). I have accessorized it so much (SOMA fenders, SOMA pedals, NiteRider Halogen light, computer, back rack with bag) I feel like I have "pimped" my ride! My ride is only 10 miles each way, mostly on a bike path (Lucky me ), but I always wish it was a longer ride because I enjoy my bike so much.

I DO love my Sirrus.... I got the base model in part because it was in my price range and in part because it is ever so functional. I'm always surprised when the bike shop guys tell me, "This is a bike after my own heart." I always ask why, the the responses every time were along the lines of "Because it's clearly a working commuter bike."

I'd never considered it "pimping my ride" but it totally is!