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How old were you when you got your first really nice bike?
sparker wrote:
: I do. And I never leave it outside overnight. I have seen so many bikes : picked clean after being left out. The bad side of this is I have to carry : my bike up five flights of stairs each day. I look at it as conditioning. You bet! I used to carry my hybrid up 3 flights for years. Now when I do just one flight with the trike - even when loaded with some ride necessities - it feels light! But maybe it's due to the last winter's cross-training (gym) and regular swimming. I've noticed that somehow, mysteriously, I seem to have a relatively easy time lifting couches etc these days! -- Risto Varanka | http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/hpv/hpv.html varis at no spam please iki fi |
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:16:53 +0800, Marian Rosenberg
wrote: For 490 rmb (about 50 or 55 bucks) I got a Giant Athena. It has wide http://tinyurl.com/nawg Wow...while that's not a bike I'd be likely to ride, they really ought to sell 'em in the US. Inexpensive; must be better quality than Xmart (made by Giant after all!), and very practical and useful for so many people. You can't get any bike like that here, especially already with fenders... You can probably get close to it by customizing a bike, but that's a project that wouldn't be taken on by most people who would want such a bike; and it would cost a lot more. -M -- Rick Onanian |
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"Brink" wrote in message om... How old were you when you got your first really nice bike and what was it? I got a cheap mountain bike from the local bike shop at age 21.( Mongoose hiltopper) I got a really nice road bike this year at age 29. (Tommasini techno ultegra components) Why did i wait so long? Well at least i saw the light! ----Brink My first really nice bike was an orange Schwinn Varsity given to me for Christmas when I was 12. I really loved that bike and spent many hours performing unnecessary maintenance. My protective Mom wouldn't allow me to use toeclips or leave the neighborhood. My middle school idea of a solution to this was to install the toeclips after I left home each day and ride out in the country 15-35 miles at a time. Finally Mom relented on both issues after following me in the car for 15 tedious miles one day. I was allowed to furnish her a highlighted map and que sheet each ride. At 14, I was given a Peugeot UO-8. Loaded with a Pletcher rack and cheap borrowed panniers, I rode the Bikecentennial route from Richmond VA to Boston in the summer of '77. Throughout my teen years I deeply envied the Paramounts some of the adults had. I finally got my Paramount, (now Waterford of course) in 2001, complete with a Record group and Brooks saddle. One day when my wife tells me we can afford it, I'll buy a P-13 in pristine condition. ) |
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Rick Onanian wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:16:53 +0800, Marian Rosenberg wrote: For 490 rmb (about 50 or 55 bucks) I got a Giant Athena. It has wide http://tinyurl.com/nawg Wow...while that's not a bike I'd be likely to ride, they really ought to sell 'em in the US. Inexpensive; must be better quality than Xmart (made by Giant after all!), and very practical and useful for so many people. You can't get any bike like that here, especially already with fenders... I'm rather surprised they don't. Even with shipping it wouldn't be THAT much more expensive. Buy them wholesale and send a whole huge bunch of them overseas and they could probably be sold for $70 or $80 while still making a profit for someone. I've only had it for a few weeks and am loving it enough that I have gone on a few long (for me) bike rides out into the country, am thinking of going on longer ones while the weather holds, and am talking off-group with someone about what I might want to look for in an even better bike for countryside rides. Most of my riding is city riding at torturously slow speeds. When I get out into the country I am still in the middle of a big flat plain. I wanna have something better because I love the comparison of this bike to my old bike but, at the same time, I know that this bike is right for the uses it is being put to. You can probably get close to it by customizing a bike, but that's a project that wouldn't be taken on by most people who would want such a bike; and it would cost a lot more. Ayup. It is not a serious bikers' bike. It is a grocery shopping bike. -M |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:21:47 +0800, Marian Rosenberg
wrote: Ayup. It is not a serious bikers' bike. It is a grocery shopping bike. Well, it's still a serious bikers' bike; just note a racer's bike. In fact, I'd say it's more of a serious bike than the highly specialized rides most of us have (myself included) -- usually either ultra-fast or off-road, rarely useful for accomplishing much. -M -- Rick Onanian |
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10 years old, bought a brand new Schwinn Sting-Ray with my paper route money.
Coppertone paint, 3-speed stik shift, white banana seat. Then I added a tall sissy bar and a rear basket to carry the newspapers. The Schwinn rear knobby tire did well in the snow. This was a really nice bike. Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles, Inc. http://OldRoads.com |
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I started cycling at age 46, some 10 months ago. I have a supermarket
bike. I didn't want anything grandiose when I wasn't even sure I'd be able to learn. Now I begin to have a clearer idea of what my "ideal bike" would be, but will put off buying it until I'm absolutely sold on something. I'll pay what it takes up to about 1500 Euros (ten times the cost of my current bike), but I don't think my cycling needs (which strictly do not include the Tour de France) are particularly expensive. Did it make such a huge difference in your life to graduate from your first to your "really nice" bike? How so? What did you notice in terms of comfort enhancement, features etc that make you say you "saw the light"? I need to convince myself that there are true reasons and not mere consumerist acquisitiveness for augmenting my bike budget tenfold! Elisa Francesca Roselli Ile de France Brink wrote: I got a cheap mountain bike from the local bike shop at age 21.( Mongoose hiltopper) I got a really nice road bike this year at age 29. (Tommasini techno ultegra components) Why did i wait so long? Well at least i saw the light! |
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Elisa Francesca Roselli wrote:
: I started cycling at age 46, some 10 months ago. I have a supermarket : bike. I didn't want anything grandiose when I wasn't even sure I'd be able : to learn. My old old bike was also kind of a supermarket bike (not sure where we bought it though), 3 speeds but it was domestic made and well-built, supposed to be ridden for years (I rode for a decaded, then kept it as an auxiliary bike until I sold it...). It was never sporty and had ceased to be fashionable years ago, the jump to a nice 24 speed hybrid was huge. : Now I begin to have a clearer idea of what my "ideal bike" would be, but : will put off buying it until I'm absolutely sold on something. I'll pay : what it takes up to about 1500 Euros (ten times the cost of my current : bike), but I don't think my cycling needs (which strictly do not include : the Tour de France) are particularly expensive. You could spend 500-1000 on the bike and the rest 500 on accessories like riding suits, lights, etc... :-) You could ride the year round. : Did it make such a huge difference in your life to graduate from your : first to your "really nice" bike? How so? What did you notice in terms of : comfort enhancement, features etc that make you say you "saw the light"? The seat was much more comfortable! Forward leaning position and cycling clothes improved aerodynamics. More gears meant I could always pedal at about the optimum cadence - which also ended up being quite a bit higher. Soon I also upgraded to smoothly rolling tires. And I got proper cycling shoes and clipless pedals - made pedalling much smoother and more powerful! All in all, an increase in speed and comfort allowed me to grasp cycling as a sport, and I was doing rides much beyond riding to school, to the library or the grocery store. : I need to convince myself that there are true reasons and not mere : consumerist acquisitiveness for augmenting my bike budget tenfold! It all depends on your goals as a cyclist :-) -- Risto Varanka | http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/hpv/hpv.html varis at no spam please iki fi |
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