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You're getting ripped off. For the price you're paying you can get two
bikes at Walmart and have money left over. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...%3A4125%3A4178 |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hello all, This is my first posting to this newsgroup. Let me also mention that I like bikes, but I am not a pro... I ride my bike for fun (work schedule permitting, of course). Since it's the time that I replace my 12-year bike, I stopped at Costco in Dallas and checked out the mountain bikes. I liked a dual suspension Cephas Fever 7.7 TG mountain bike with 21-speed Shimano gears, thumb-shift, RST front suspension, FormulaAero spoke wheels, etc. for $199.99. I know that this is not the coolest and the lightest bike out there, but I feel that it would be sufficient to satisfy my needs. Does anybody out there know anything about this bike? I can not find anything related to it on the Web. Thank you all! :-) i dont like full suspension bikes, even on hard core trails. a front shock is great for butter-churn rocky roads (and avoid carpal-tunnel wrist pain), but IMO the only thing a full suspension bike can do for you is take away all of the energy you spend pushing the pedals. i think there are a lot of good condition "hard tail" bikes out there for cheap, see a recent post by maxo "my new $8 rockhopper". -alan |
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greggery peccary wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... Hello all, This is my first posting to this newsgroup. Let me also mention that I like bikes, but I am not a pro... I ride my bike for fun (work schedule permitting, of course). Since it's the time that I replace my 12-year bike, I stopped at Costco in Dallas and checked out the mountain bikes. I liked a dual suspension Cephas Fever 7.7 TG mountain bike with 21-speed Shimano gears, thumb-shift, RST front suspension, FormulaAero spoke wheels, etc. for $199.99. I know that this is not the coolest and the lightest bike out there, but I feel that it would be sufficient to satisfy my needs. Does anybody out there know anything about this bike? I can not find anything related to it on the Web. Thank you all! :-) If you do your homework and don't mind doing a little running around, you can find a lot of good bikes for under 200 dollars. You can check out garage sales and look for a bargain or spend a little more cash and get a used bike. You mentioned Dallas and were passing through, but there are several good used bike shops. Many of the LBSs carry trade in bikes of various sizes. If you buy from a LBS, most of the time the bike will be tuned up already and have fresh rubber on the tires, etc. |
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catzz66 wrote:
If you do your homework and don't mind doing a little running around, you can find a lot of good bikes for under 200 dollars. craigslist (www.craigslist.org) seems to always have lots of bikes for sale, although that may well be city-dependent. |
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:55:13 -0500, Arthur Harris wrote:
a low-end hybrid bike from a local bike shop would be a better choice. No doubt. I've seen the bikes at costco, and while better than the X-mart bikes, they lack in key areas. Cheap bottom brackets, headsets, cranks, hubs--cheap as in no-name crap. 300 can get you a pretty decent entry level ride--last time I checked, my local REI had a simple rigid Marin hybrid for this price. Quite fine bike, and very pleasant to ride. Yeah the bits and bobs are lower end Shimano--but even lower end Shimano will hold up rather well for the casual cyclist. As for comfort over the bumps--get a pair of gloves and some Ritchey "True Grips" (also sold at rei) and you'll be fine. EDIT: seems REI doesn't stock an entry level bike w/o a front shock anymore. the replacement seems to be the "K2 alturas" |
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Arthur Harris wrote:
"bbaka" wrote: I maintain the family fleet of bikes, and have built up several bikes and wheels from scratch over the last 25+ years. And I can tell you it's much nicer working with decent quality parts than poorly made junk. I don't ride high zoot Ti/Carbon bikes. My main ride is built around a 20+ year old SL steel frame. Not sexy, but very good basic quality, reliability, and functionality. The guy asked a simple question. The purpose of this newsgroup should be to tell him the truth. Someone not familiar with bikes may think this Costco bike is a fantastic deal because it _seems_ to have all the features of much more expensive bikes. What should we do, tell him, "yeah, that's a great bike; go buy it."? I don't think so. So, you've given him your opinion, and others have him their's. The ball is in his court. Art Harris Maybe I should have asked him how old he is for starters. I said welcome to the group and a few words here and there to the effect of "If you like it then it is a good deal" then everything went downhill. If he was a 16 year old he would be asking his 16 year old friends and not be here. All of the guys I know do their own wrench work, from the local rednecks to the British guy I know who refused to give up his Volvo after 300,000 miles. He has a company in Silicon Valley and is about my age but still likes to dive into things and work on them. I think I misjudged the younger male dynamic these days. Bill Baka |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
You are the third guy in a row to tell him he made a bad choice. If he likes it then it becomes a good choice. If it saves him the expense of buying a more expensive bike and finding out he doesn't like it, then it is still a good choice. The problem is that he can spend $199.99 on such a bike, and still be precisely $199.99 (plus time & aggravation) further away from something that he might find more enjoyable. Dual-suspension cheapie bikes are a category that most LBSs generally frown on, for two reasons- #1: You're spending a lot of money in the wrong place. Even a cheapie dual suspension bike, for a given price, robs money from other parts of the bike that need it more... such as wheels, fork quality, frame durability (ever wonder how long those pivots last on a cheap dual-suspension bike? They don't.) etc. #2: We call them "Worker's Comp Specials" as in lift-with-your-knees. Even on a flat road you can notice all that weight, and to what end? If the original poster were to go to a bike shop, he could try out a few different types of bikes (cheapie dual-suspension, entry-level mountain bike, hybrid...) and see what would be more fun to ride. Also, people don't come in just one size, like most Costco bikes. And what is up with the paranoia about doing your own wrench work? Buy some tools and you have them for life. Go to a shop and you learn nothing about your bike. Truing a wheel is actually kind of relaxing, and you don't have to take the bike to the shop, most likely in a car. Some people have a knack for such things, others don't. I can work miracles on nearly any bike in a very short amount of time, and yet you wouldn't want me to touch a hammer and saw and do any woodwork. I know the feeling there even though I try and have some strange looking home built tables and such. More than anything, a really good bike shop is going to do everything they can to keep the guy's bike on the road and not in his garage. That doesn't just mean building it right; it means making sure it's appropriate for riding opportunities in the area, making sure it fits right, and giving the customer the feeling that they're there for him if anything doesn't seem quite right. It's not like this guy is only looking to spend $80 and there's no option but to buy something at Costco or WalMart. He's spending good $$$ and ought to get a good bike. I won't even try to deny the facts but he may not have a good LBS nearby. I have 2 LBS in my town, 1 terrible and 1 just medium good. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com Bill Baka |
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