07-04-2007, 10:00 AM
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Gone with the Wind
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: some place new, and interesting
Posts: 862
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Quote:
Originally Posted by osuche
Words of advice greatly appreciated.
We're looking for something under $500 a person -- likely more in the $200 range.
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Just butting in again.
First, don't forget to get a good seat! (I will NOT make a joke about how much fun it is to ride a bike with a just post sticking up, but I do find the right seat "stimulating")
Shop around at the actual bike shops. There are great sales, and I bought my Specialized Woman's Comfort bike for much less than 500!
(about 375, I think)
The web site is, or was a tad too complicated for a neophyte like me, the salesperson was very helpful, (and VERY cute) and she let me take several different bikes out for trial rides until I picked one.
It has all the high end components that I need, and as a moderately obsesive type about clenaing my things, it still looks like like new several hundred miles later, (my typical ride is 22 miles) in a VERY humid, salty climate.
WW
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