Question about a new bike.

"Marybeth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is the
price range?

I think that you will have to get a bit more specific before you can get a reasonable answer. What
are you going to do with the bike beside the obvious answer of riding it. Are you going to ride on
the road, trails, bike paths, or all of the above. How far do you expect to ride, and do you live in
an area that has hills? Do you expect to ride in the rain? Do you want to ride with a group of
friends, and what do they ride?

The more you know about your riding style, and the conditions that you will be riding in, I
believe the better chance you will have of getting a bike that you are happy with. I suggest that
you visit your local bike stores to get some initial ideas of the type of bike that people are
riding in your area.

Good luck and happy riding

I think you need to be a little more specific than what you have asked.

But if I were shopping right now I would probably be looking at the Colnago C-50, priced somewhere
in the $10G range, just guessing of course on the price.

Good luck.

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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is the
price range?

"Marybeth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is the
price range?

There are many different kinds of bikes. You should go to a bike shop and test-ride several
different kinds.

For riding on streets and smooth trails:

Hybrid - popular for city use, quite versatile Comfort - upright position, easy-reach handlebars
Road (Racing) - designed for speed on pavement Touring - road bike with cargo racks, versatile
Recumbent - fun, very comfortable, quite unique

For riding off-road (but also on the street):

Hardtail - versatile, popular, nice for commuting Full-Suspension - comfortable, versatile Free Ride
- terrain specific, heavy, expensive Downhill - very specialized for going downhill Trials -
extremely specialized for stunt riding Single-Speed - fun, simple design, "adult BMX"

The price range (from a bike shop) is $150 to $5,000+. Many bikes fall into the $250 to $1,000
range. Road racing and full-suspension mountain bikes can be very expensive, while hardtail mountain
bikes and hybrids are both plentiful and affordable. Comfort bikes are also selling very well,
apparently. Any bike can be made comfortable (more upright) with a different saddle and higher
handlebar placement. Many hybrid bikes (even at the lower price range) have adjustable handlebar
height for maximum versatility.

If you like hybrids and hardtail mountain bikes - which fill many bike showrooms - you can get a lot
of bike for $400- $500 or so. That seems to be the sweet spot for popular bike styles. Now, late in
the riding season, is a great time to shop for bikes. Also, early in the riding season is another
good time to shop (depends on the area).

HTH,

-=B=-

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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is the
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Red, of course.

Bill "stole it from AM-B" S.

[email hidden] (Marybeth) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is the
price range?

I built my own. The frame, derailers, pedals, various nuts n' bolts, some small parts, and the rear
gripshifter came off an old Mongoose rigid MTB that I found in a dumpster. The wheels, chain, and
crank were too rusted, worn, and bent up to mess with, and the fork was showing a weld crack so I
tossed them. Nice, stiff and light cromo frame though, a little touchup paint and it was ready for
the stuff. Bought alloy MTB wheels w/ Shimano hubs (6-sprocket MTB cluster), fitted them with "Wild
Gripper" Rock tires, a sort of semislick with deep tread. Great all-around tire, it turns out - Good
traction on hardpack, and is even reasonably surefooted on small patches of mud. And great
performance on the street, slicker than knobbies, while shedding water like a duck's back. Added a
Rock Shox XC fork, a v-brake on the front, a sidepull caliper on the rear - the frame had a crappy
centerpull caliper on the rear, so I stuck a better one on. Installed a Suntour road bike three ring
crank, with MTB crank arms. A little unusual gearing, maybe, but it works for me. Put on an
aftermarket MTB chain; a bit heavier than a Shimano Hyperglide chain, and no funny convex outer
links, but I'm sure it'll outlast the Shimano chain hands down. Already salvaged the gripshift for
the rear, so I dug a topmounted friction type thumbshifter out for the chainring shift. Stuck on a
fat saddle, tweaked and twiddled to get it all working smoothly, and called it done. This has become
my suburban runabout "gets me just about anywhere" lowbudget beater bike, and the one most ridden.
Handles well on the road, yet can go offroad in a blink and get away from those nasty bad drivers
with the cellphones in their ears. (IMHO, cellphones reduce motorist intelligence.) Since it's a
hardtail with the appropiate mounting lugs, I'm in the market for a cheap rear rack.

In article <[email hidden]>, Marybeth

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If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now?

The one you're most likely to ride, of course.

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What is the price range?

However much you have available is the top end. The low end is $15 or so, which can usually score
you a nice bike in a trift shop somewhere on the planet on any given day. I only wish I knew where
tomorrow's deal will be.

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Eric Holeman Chicago Illinois USA

marybeth-<< If I were to purchase a new bike. What is the best bike to purchase right now? What is
the price range? >><BR><BR>

The one that came from a bike shop that did a complete anatomic fit on you and either had or built
the bike that fits you, appropriate to you and your riding needs...

Actual equipment choice pales in comparison to bike fit.

Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.comOpen ↗ "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"