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Just getting started
I haven't ridden a bike since I was a teenager, any suggestions on a
basic inexpensive Touring Bike to start out with? |
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baal wrote:
I haven't ridden a bike since I was a teenager, any suggestions on a basic inexpensive Touring Bike to start out with? Visit some bike shops (not Walmart or even sporting goods stores) and look around. Tell the salesperson(s) what kind of riding you want to do and what budget you have in mind, and go from there. The right bike will find you |
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"Touring" type bikes are pretty rare these days, even though they're
the best sort of bike for most riders, as they can change personalities with a tire and accessory switch. "Hybrids" have mostly replaced them, which have some of the flexibity of touring bikes, the same size wheels, but flat handlebars. As they're very popular, you can find an OK entry level bike for $3-500. Lots of brands to choose from, I'm not getting into that. You can get an entry level road bike for $500, which is often a fun bike to have if you just use it for exercise on sunny days. A bike with drop handlebars that's capable of accepting fenders, racks, or fatter tires--a touring bike--will start at around $800. The shop is the most important thing. Ask around. In my neck of the woods I've got three horrendous ones, two wonderful shops, and a very nice REI with great cycling folks. If you've got an REI nearby, they almost universally good places to buy a bike. |
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baal wrote:
I haven't ridden a bike since I was a teenager, any suggestions on a basic inexpensive Touring Bike to start out with? Heh, Huffy. $50.00 to find out if you even like riding anymore. If you don't give it to a kid. If you do, go out and find a $500 to $5,000 bike you can live with for a long time. Now I expect to get blasted for not telling you to start with a $500 Trek. Bill Baka |
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Dispite former comments to the contrary, real road touring bikes (not
hybrids) do still exist, but are extremely rare in the lower price range. Plainly put, the model just doesn't sell well enough for manufacturer to make any money on lower priced models. The true road tourer usually prefers better made machines, so that's wear most true touring bikes lay, in the upper market range. However, there are still a few relatively inexpensive models around (the Trek 520 is one example). Ask you friendly neighborhood bikeshop owner, tell him/her what you're looking for and he/she will lead you in the right direction. - - Comments and opinions compliments of, "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman" My web Site: http "colon-slash-slash" geocities "dot" com "slash" czcorner To E-mail me: ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net |
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John Everett wrote:
On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:41:28 -0400, (Chris Z The Wheelman) wrote: However, there are still a few relatively inexpensive models around (the Trek 520 is one example). Ask you friendly neighborhood bikeshop owner, tell him/her what you're looking for and he/she will lead you in the right direction. Another option is the Fuji Touring Series. Mine compares quite well with my girlfriend's 520. The Jamis Aurora is another nice lower end touring style bike. I went out with a coworker and we picked that out for him. He had a hybrid, but he decided he wanted something more in the line of a road bike. -- Dane Buson - Time Lords rule! Everything. Forever. |
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Dane Buson wrote: John Everett wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:41:28 -0400, (Chris Z The Wheelman) wrote: However, there are still a few relatively inexpensive models around (the Trek 520 is one example). Ask you friendly neighborhood bikeshop owner, tell him/her what you're looking for and he/she will lead you in the right direction. Another option is the Fuji Touring Series. Mine compares quite well with my girlfriend's 520. The Jamis Aurora is another nice lower end touring style bike. I went out with a coworker and we picked that out for him. He had a hybrid, but he decided he wanted something more in the line of a road bike. Indeed, I'd forgotten about it till you mentioned it as no shops around here carry it. Good price and great component choices, arguably a better deal than the Trek, though both are fantastic. The Jamis is redder, so therefore faster of course. |
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The Jamis Aurora is another nice lower end touring style bike. I went out with a coworker and we picked that out for him. He had a hybrid, but he decided he wanted something more in the line of a road bike. Indeed, I'd forgotten about it till you mentioned it as no shops around here carry it. Good price and great component choices, arguably a better deal than the Trek, though both are fantastic. The Jamis is redder, so therefore faster of course. Don't be absurd. Everybody knows that yellow bikes are faster. Pat in TX |
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I haven't ridden a bike since I was a teenager, any suggestions on a basic inexpensive Touring Bike to start out with? Heh, Huffy. $50.00 to find out if you even like riding anymore. If you don't give it to a kid. If you do, go out and find a $500 to $5,000 bike you can live with for a long time. Now I expect to get blasted for not telling you to start with a $500 Trek. Bill Baka yawn |
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