Test Riding A New Bike

Albert Dixon

I have had a Mountain Bike all my life and I would like to upgrade to a Road
Bike.
My question is, do Bike Shops let you take a demo bike ? for a good ride.
I mean I don't want to ride around the block.
I want to ride it for a 50k ride so that I can get the feel if I will like
the new setup as compared to my MTB, like will I get a sore back ect ect.
Do they let you do it ?

kind regards,
Albert

ritcho

They'll only let you do it if you ask nicely.

Otoh, it might take a while to get the bike fitted properly, so the time might be better spent on the bike on a trainer in the shop. The shop person mightn't be very helpful, but if you're going to spend at least a grand or two, then it is in their interest to work with you for an hour or two.

Good luck in your search,

Ritch

They probably might let you take it for a good decent ride if you give them
your credit card number....so, if in the event of an accident or vandalism
or theft, they can charge you either for the cost of the bike or perhaps the
repairs but i'd dare say it to be the cost of the bike.
The old "you prang it, you buy it" system

DJ
"Albert Dixon" <ab66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have had a Mountain Bike all my life and I would like to upgrade to a
Road
> Bike.
> My question is, do Bike Shops let you take a demo bike ? for a good ride.
> I mean I don't want to ride around the block.
> I want to ride it for a 50k ride so that I can get the feel if I will like
> the new setup as compared to my MTB, like will I get a sore back ect ect.
> Do they let you do it ?
>
> kind regards,
> Albert
>
>

mfhor

"Upgrade"??? That's a good way to start a fight . . .

You might be able to convince the shop to let you join their group ride (if applicable), leave your old bike and drivers licence, credit card, spouse, firstborn child, or other collateral, after being set up (NPI) with the right length bars, stem, et c. You can swap your own pedals onto it more often than not.

The more definite you are about a particular make and model, the more disposed a shop will be - sniffing a sale in the wind, not just a tire-kicker.

If it's just any old road bike you're after, some shops have generic hire roadies. Ask around.

M "ride-offs are a theft statistic too bizarre (and stupid) to claim on" H

DRS

"Albert Dixon" <ab66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have had a Mountain Bike all my life and I would like to upgrade to
> a Road Bike.

Upgrade???

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> Q: What's the second most annoying thing on Usenet?
> A: People who don't read the whole thread and exactly repeat what the
> previous poster has just written,

You are wrongly assuming that every post has propagated to every server at
the time of posting. That is never a safe assumption on Usenet.

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>>> Q: What's the second most annoying thing on Usenet?
worse?
>>> A: People who don't read the whole thread and exactly repeat what the
or
>>> previous poster has just written

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>>You are wrongly assuming that every post has propagated to every server
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>>the time of posting. That is never a safe assumption on Usenet.

know?
>A: Top-posters.
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>Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
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