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inahandbasket) wrote2005-07-12 08:45 pm
inahandbasket) wrote2005-07-12 08:45 pm
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Need bike advice.
Tommy? others?
I want to get a city bike.
I'm a big guy, over 200lbs, so I need a bike with tires that can take me hopping curbs at speed, and other shenanigans.
I'm thinking either a hybrid, or a mountain bike with slickrock style tires, as a straight roadbike would probably have more blowouts than I'm willing to deal with.
Don't need shocks, although really stiff front shocks on a hardtail might be ok. I've riden suspension bikes on roads before, and those shocks suck a sizable about of your pedal power when you're my size and really pumping.
For god's sake, no grip shifters.
and cheap.
$500 absolute maximum, and I'd prefer to pay less than half of that.
Should I hit up my numerous local bike shops with my list of demands?
Mail-order?
I've heard fleabay has some great deals on bikes if you know what you're looking at...?
In other news, yes, I'm alive.
I've been on somewhat of a hiatus from the intarweb, and haven't really been reading LJ, so if you've tried do solicit my input on anything, I apologize.
feel free to ream me out in the comments.
Now to go call my mother, who also thinks I'm dead in a gutter somewhere.
Tommy? others?
I want to get a city bike.
I'm a big guy, over 200lbs, so I need a bike with tires that can take me hopping curbs at speed, and other shenanigans.
I'm thinking either a hybrid, or a mountain bike with slickrock style tires, as a straight roadbike would probably have more blowouts than I'm willing to deal with.
Don't need shocks, although really stiff front shocks on a hardtail might be ok. I've riden suspension bikes on roads before, and those shocks suck a sizable about of your pedal power when you're my size and really pumping.
For god's sake, no grip shifters.
and cheap.
$500 absolute maximum, and I'd prefer to pay less than half of that.
Should I hit up my numerous local bike shops with my list of demands?
Mail-order?
I've heard fleabay has some great deals on bikes if you know what you're looking at...?
In other news, yes, I'm alive.
I've been on somewhat of a hiatus from the intarweb, and haven't really been reading LJ, so if you've tried do solicit my input on anything, I apologize.
feel free to ream me out in the comments.
Now to go call my mother, who also thinks I'm dead in a gutter somewhere.
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I agree with you about gripshifters. They're fine if they work okay, but a bear to fix if they don't, and IMHO not worth the work.
The wheels on the Trek are double-wall alloy 700c by 38c with mountain hubs and fairly burly spokes laced 4x; i ride kevlar belted touring tires. You have a good sixty pounds on me, but i am utterly graceless about curbs and potholes, and i haven't had any problems with them yet. I also have low-profile cantilevers which i like a lot. If properly adujusted, hitting the front break will lift the back wheel at 8 or 10 mph.
Go with steel, if you can get it. Steel is real.
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I'll have to see if I can get over there.
^_^
The trek meaning roadbike? or the MB trek?