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Considering a Road bike for commuting... good idea?
"Donny Harder Jr." wrote in message
... Someone in this thread mentioned installing drop bars on a hybrid. Is there a link that suggests how one sizes and chooses the bars? I imagine some modification is in order (brakes, shifters, lights). Thanks. It's simple enough. Swap bars for bendy ones. Put on proper road bike brake levers (with shifters in them if you're of a mind). Buy some real 700C wheels so you can run proper narrow slicks (Michelin axial carbon are good IMHO) and throw away that silly mountain bike cranket in favour of a real roady one, with 39 and 53 tooth chainwheels, and no sissy "granny" gears. That should do it. Of course it'd be cheaper to start with a proper road bike to begin with, but just think what you could do with all the junk you take off... Regards, Suzy |
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Tom Sherman wrote:
one would expect MTB components and frames to sell for less than the equivalent road bike components. This is even more apparent when one compares upright bike prices to the Dark Side, where a Cro-Moly frame bike with Deore/Tiagra level components will often sell for 2 to 3 times as much as the MTB and road bike equivalents. You failed to mention the toothpasty, lawn mower quality welds and smashed-flat-&-bolted frame details. That stuff ain't free, you know. ;-) Chalo Colina |
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Rick Onanian wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:44:51 GMT, Dan Musicant wrote: This fitting is fine but I'm American and converting to Kg and cm I can do, but European shoe size is beyond me. Is there a site that won't require these conversions? For shoe sizes, look at sizing charts on bike product sites like nashbar and performance. Unfortunately, biking shoes are sized that way. For general conversions, try http://www.isaedmonton.ca/AlbertaDir...l/ConvertM.htm A quick check on the inside of my Reebok and Nike shoes shows that both brands are labeled with US, UK, EUR, and CM sizes. Van -- Van Bagnol / v a n at wco dot com / c r l at bagnol dot com ....enjoys - Theatre / Windsurfing / Skydiving / Mountain Biking ....feels - "Parang lumalakad ako sa loob ng paniginip" ....thinks - "An Error is Not a Mistake ... Unless You Refuse to Correct It" |
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Considering a Road bike for commuting... good idea?
One advantage of a road bike over a MTB or hybrid:
Drop handlebar bikes are easier to carry thru narrow doorways and stairways. |
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Advantage of a MTB over a road bike- smaller frame/wheels and straight bars
make it easier to carry up flights of stairs (especially with a frame pack). a écrit dans le message news: ... One advantage of a road bike over a MTB or hybrid: Drop handlebar bikes are easier to carry thru narrow doorways and stairways. |
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Considering a Road bike for commuting... good idea?
"Mike Beauchamp" wrote in message ...
Hey all, I'm considering purchasing a new bicycle (Maybe $800 CDN total) to replace my nearly 8 year old Mongoose IBOC Pro mountain bike. I used to use it mainy for offroad but a knee injury stopped that, and in the past few years I've used it purely for commuting (10K's to school and back, 30-40K rides on weekends, stuff like that). I'm just wondering if purchasing a road bike would be more appropriate than a mountain bike. I most certainly don't want to be one of those kids riding on the side of the road with a fully suspended downhill mountain bike with the seat all the way down bouncing up and down on each pedal stroke. I commute on a road bike, but if I were buying a bike strictly for commuting then I'd buy something like the Trek T300. Unfortunately it is sold at only one store in all of North America. "http://bikegallery.com/site/intro.cfm" If you're in Vancouver then it wouldn't be too much of a drive. |
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I'd like to add another suggestion, and I hope I'm not repeating someone
else (I've been on vacation for the past week): You might want to check your local police department for a bike auction. You can sometimes find a very good road bike for half of its original cost, or even less. I also would suggest that you carefully examine where you're going to keep your bike at work. Is there a secured area where only you have the key? A bike locker? Where I work (at a university) we have had nearly a dozen bicycles stolen this summer, six of them worth close to $10,000. The bikes were kept in a locked bicycle cage, but the thieves just lifted the door off its hinges and off they went. The second round of thefts they just blasted through the door with a cart or other motorized vehicle. The building management responded by forbidding people from bringing their bikes to work (asshats!). I now keep my bicycle in my office, which brings the security guards a runnin' but until they provide a safe place for my bike that's the solution. Good luck. I'd be cautious about spending a lot of money on a bike to ride to work. Thieves can spot quality a long way off and it's a pain in the rear to lose something you've spent a lot of money on. I ride a 20-year old trek and have not had any problems (and I use a U-lock). Marianne "Mike Beauchamp" wrote in message ... Thanks for the help... I think definately trying one out is in order! Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com |
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