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 Topic: Buying bikesPosted: 29 Dec 2010 at 6:42am |
I suggest you get it cleaned up and back on the pavement....show the world that you are indeed cool and bad to the bone!
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techntrek
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Posted: 30 Dec 2010 at 3:18pm |
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After reading the replies here and also talking with a friend of mine that knows bikes, I think I will go with a mountain bike. Something with at least a dozen gears to help on hills and let me rest up on the canal trails around me.
My friend is pushing me to open my wallet a little more to get something a little lighter. I don't know - is shaving 5-6 pounds off the bike worth it when I'll be able to shave far more than that from my waist (starting in January!)? I went through the same dillema when I went "ultralight" with my backpacking gear a few years ago. In that case every pound is carried by me every step so weight won out. Not so sure with a bike.
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rpodcamper.com
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Posted: 30 Dec 2010 at 5:48pm |
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I have a "light" weight Mountain bike and the ride on mine vs my son's who has a cheap (heavy) Mountain bike is day and night different. With my bike I'm able to pull it up of the front tire to go over things and also longer trips seems to do well. For several years we ran the Boy Scout Biking merit Badge where we put on at the least 175 mile in a season.
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