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31-03.-2004, 04:26 AM
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Re: Looking for MTB recommendations
Boyd,
Since you work at a bike store, maybe you could try out a few before you buy one. Also, in the long run, you'll miss the quality of a better bike (or anything) if you go cheap than the money if you spend more. You might also want to consider buying Ned Overend's book on riding tips. T o m Dillon Lakewood, CO Change email Z to S |
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31-03.-2004, 10:12 AM
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Re: Looking for MTB recommendations
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>Also, in the long run, you'll miss the quality of a better bike (or >anything) if you go cheap than the money if you spend more. Here's a devil's advocate view: if you can afford it, buy cheap and move up. That way you get to know what a cheap bike feels like and you appreciate the diff when you move to the next step up. One mitigating factor cost-wise might be that while you're riding that low-end bike, you're becoming more savy about bikes in general and you then have a higher probability of scoring a good used bike for about 1/3 or 1/4 what you'd pay for the same thing new on your next step up. -- PeteCresswell |
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01-04.-2004, 06:55 AM
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Re: Looking for MTB recommendations
Pete Cresswell sez:
>Here's a devil's advocate view: if you can afford it, buy cheap and move up. > >That way you get to know what a cheap bike feels like and you appreciate the >diff when you move to the next step up. > >One mitigating factor cost-wise might be that while you're riding that low-end >bike, you're becoming more savy about bikes in general and you then have a >higher probability of scoring a good used bike for about 1/3 or 1/4 what you'd >pay for the same thing new on your next step up. Good points. Buy the most you can afford if you _really_ know what you want. That's hard to do with bikes or even tires for that matter. Maybe the way to do this would be to buy a really cheap bike and ride it to death, then buy something good. That way you'd have a bit of experience riding so you could make a better choice about what you'd want in a bike. It'd help if there was a way to test ride more bikes too. T o m Dillon Lakewood, CO Change email Z to S |
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