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 DJ, thanks for the link, awesome site New
- Forum: LiquidLounge
Re:  Dear BT bike experts, julesagogo New
Re: stuff to think about Chrisj New
Re:  Disagree with all of the four suggestions catinhat New
Re:  what what whaaaaat? Chrisj New
Re: Admitted heretic catinhat New
Re:  catinhat is right! <NT> DangerJudy New
Date: Jul 01 2008, 13:33 GMT
From: julesagogo
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I spent a few minutes in my office trying not too look too silly, and I did these measurements on my own, so they could be off. CAT - I don't know if I'm short by bike standards - you'll have to tell me.
Of course now I don't know what to do but try bikes. Our urban trails (not far from my house) offer all levels and I see my destination being the trail, but want to get exercise (and not drive) on the way. I like the suspension idea because it's more comfortable and can be locked for road riding but I have a friend who just spent $1k fixing a shock or fork or something but he's a badass mountain biker. This makes me a bit leery of used MTBs. I don't plan to spend more than $500 (I was really looking to spend way less) on this first bike and hope to buy one that I can sell without a huge loss when/IF I upgrade. I will definitely try the gel woman's seat. I figure if I'm not in extreme pain I'll be more likely to adopt biking quicker and stick with it.
When I bought my first kayak I agonized about it quite a bit, being an analyst at heart. In the end I found a good deal on a Dagger GT, then upgraded later.
CAT - I was confused by:
Gage the staff at the shops - if any of them try to sell a beginner level rider looking for traveling on what the OP posted, I'd leave and find another shop. They're trying to 'up' you.
So I shouldn't let them try to sell me a beginner bike on what I posted?
Everyone's advice has been great, expert or not - it's as valuable if not moreso because those folks are more like me. This is why I love BT.
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- No, if they try to sell you a $2000 MTB for what you are looking to ride t_h_o_m_a_s New
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- right. I just didn't think a beginner would be that much - maybe it was a typo. <NT> julesagogo New
- hey teen ftard, I said it was agood site for getting a rough size approx. DangerJudy New
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- Oops - I think he was replying to my confusion about catinhat's comment about the LBS trying to make me buy more bike julesagogo New
- Ooops catinhat New
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