please help on choosing a bike

[Biciclista]

Salts, your REI selections and the LBS selections sound great! they are all good brands..

[KatzPajamas]

How is bike shopping going Salts? Whatever you do, take your time...oh, yeah~and don't forget the helmet! Excited to see what you find!

[Sky King]

Welcome and good luck. I too strongly encourage LBS or REI, REI carries good brands and the people working there are going to me more knowledgeable than Walmart. Many LBS will not work on Walmart type bikes, poorly constructed and not worth the attempt to fix if something goes wrong. For sizing don't hesitate to do some website research, This link is to the Bike Hermits guide to sizing.

[Salts]

hi all

thanks again, for all the advice. I stopped by my lbs this weekend, and i loved the giants.. Going to go by rei this week, at lunch, the store is near where i work, which is about 40 miles from the house.. but i really liked the giants. so if i dont find anything i like better at rei. probably going to go with buying a giant at the end of the month...

i can see that bikes are very addictive.. i want to get them all

also can see in my future i will have a room in my house for my bikes, and my biking gear, after looking at all the used bikes also. i would love to get a used one to "fix up" after i learn a little bit more about bikes..

thanks again everyone !!!

[mxmus]

You should perhaps test ride and see which suits you the best