How much does your hybrid weigh?

[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.

[mimitabby]

I don't think that's true that used bikes cost as much as new!
but maybe where you are it's hard to find them?
They usually cost about 1/2 the price the same bike cost new. And if you get an older bike you can learn a lot without spending a fortune on the wrong bike.

(my bianchi cost about 1/2 the price of the same model and year new.)