If You Ride A Bike (bicycle) To Work, How Do You Handle The Practicalities?
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at
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get to work 30 min early so that you can freshin’ up when you get there.
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$200 bucks so that the 2000+lbs car going approximately 30mph over the speed limit can see you better and avoid greasing you? I'ld say it's a good buy.
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1st answer is good. There are about 10 bike "types" very similar in the fitness, cross, commute, comfort etc category. If you like the fitness type they are usually some of the lighter faster models.
I understand your concern about a road bike, I've ridden them for decades and know how people feel about them. and they truly do have a limited use. That's why I have a few bikes…
A fitness bike is just that – for someone (like you) not into road bikes but wants to be able to ride hard and fast in a more upright position.
Giant FCR series looks pretty good to me. Check out some others but the Giant is a good quality bike and may be a good choice for what you want now.
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You mean, touring bike?
In the states…. well it depends on the road conditions. I see, in the states the 700cc wheel size is very popular (opposite to europe where you could hardly find any 700 size casual bike). So, if the conditions are overall good, you can go with the 700cc. If there's a lot of gravel, it's better to go with 26" although there are still yanks who ride through pretty harsh stuff with the 700.
in the states with 700 there are LOADS of options.
What I suggest for the price:
1. Fuji Touring
This is a really cool bike, it's not pricey, is realiable- made of cromoly and will take you pretty much anywhere you want. you'll have to change something here and there (as usual), like probably rear rack and mount the front rack, change pedals and saddle you want and so on, but overall it's totally ready.
2. Bianchi Volpe
I don't know much about this bike but as far as I know it's pretty good for touring and is also made of cromo
3. Devinci Caribou
Another amazing touring bike made in Canada, I don't know if there are any dealers in the states but you can check it out. The frame is made of alu I think but fork is sure cromo. overall this is a really amazing touring bike! Looks like canadians top choice
4. Cannondale Touring
In my opinion the king of all 700cc touring bikes. If I had to buy a 700 size bike, I'd pretty much go for this one. It's really awesome. I think its frame is made of aluminium but fork is sure cromo and this bike has been through anything from himalayas to chile to zimbabwe or alaska
There are two versions- Touring 1 and Touring 2. You have to check the page to see the differences.
5. Surly Long Haul Trucker
If there was any distributor anyhwere near my area, this bike would be my top choice for the price; actually, it's a frame and fork but at least it also comes in 26" wheel size (which I need). It's made in the states and is pretty inexpensive but you have to build the rest yourself (I mean, pick out all the components you want and give to a mechanic to build it up.) It's also all totally durable cromoly. So you can pick a 26 bike or 700 one.
Surly also make their custom racks called "nice racks" (rear and front) who are totally inexpensive but are all made of cromo!
So.. I pretty much suggest you the Surly LHT. It's comparably inexpensive (depends on your component choice) but totally durable and they're even used on expeditions. Plus, I really love that you can pick out the components how you want. it's amazing. pity, they don't sell this frame much in europe.
6. Novara Randonee
Pretty cool bike for the price. All made of Reynolds 520 cromoly (which is awesome) and overall the specs are good. I've heard from my american friends, this bike is really trustworthy.
7. Novara Safari
This bike somehow is becoming a legend. Its specs are totally awesome for the price- it comes around 850$. The wheel size is 26". Woohoo! I'm actually thinking about buying this bike because it's really a great bargain for the price. The frame is durable alu and the fork is made of cromo. However, the designers have apparently been stupid because this bike has disc brakes (at least- mechanic, phew..) and the rear rack is kinda dodgy and made of aluminium, not steel but overall it's pretty interesting. The disc brakes also don't allow much to change the rear rack as you want so you have to live with it. Also the front rack mounting can be tricky due to the disc brakes but there are some models who fit- Tubus Tara (top-class thing!) and many Old Man Mountain lowriders. So it's not so bad afterall.
8. Jamis Aurora
This seems a pretty awesome bike plus it costs only 850$. It's made of Reynolds 520 cromoly frame and cromo fork with Shimano Deore derailleurs and overall I really like the geometry of this bike. So in comparison with Novara Safari which costs the same I can't say who's better. But probably this one. This has lower quality derailleurs (and maybe something else) but this is a steel frame bike. So for good conditions (no hardcore gravels) and riding in the states (size 700) this can be a better choice than the Safari which is aluminium and has all these kind of dodgy things on it.
9. Everyone will tell you how cool is TREK 520.
Yeah, it's pretty cool but somehow I wouldn't suggest it. Some love this bike, some hate it, personally I haven't had any experience with it. It's not so "touring" as it seems but at least it's all cromoly and if you know what you wanna change on it and how, it can be a good bike.
That's all I can think of right now. There are hundreds of different touring bikes but I don't think you will find something much better than these for the price. Sure, there have to be some which I ain't mentioned.
Remember, on all touring bikes you'll have to upgrade something or change something, they ain't gonna come ready to start riding on the spot. It's your own thing, your favourite pedals, tyres, racks, maybe brakes or even handlebar. You have to pick the best option FOR YOU yourself and then upgrade it and change what you want.
The next thing is racks and panniers. It's another long story but basically you have to buy steel racks. I suggest you Tubus . There are loads of others but Tubus in my opinion are by far the best ones.
The panniers… there are also loads of choices. You have to check out your itinerary and the conditions. Basically, the best panniers available on market are Ortlieb. The only ones who are 100% waterproof, however, they're not so comfy maybe as they don't have pockets and all that stuff but I use only Ortliebs and they're totally the best. Every member of tough expeditions use them and if they work amazing for them, itll work even more amazing for everyone else.
About all the equipment. I could write a book, dude! It's soooo a long story. Sure, I can tell but how many pages would that be?. Even about socks we can talk 4 hours long! every thing is important- there are so many things and each of them have to be well thought-out, that's why I said- preparing can lost for months, even longer.
Basically, at this point I suggest you to take a look at this site:
-this guy has made a pretty awesome site where he explains what equipment he's using and how it works. Although some things on this site are a bit bollocks, he shows the essentials and shows it through videos which is awesome plus he comes from Cali or Nevada himself. So definitley have a look!
And again- if you have any specific questions- ask me; when I started touring I didn't have anyone who would tell me how, and so I had to learn from my own experience and mistakes and now I understand how important it is for others. so feel free to email me. cheers
Just got home from a long day of work!!! Finally!!
so tweets about taking a 4.5hr bike ride, do u think nascar divers tweet about just driving around the block?
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You’re doing it wrong — the idea is to sit on it and pedal.
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My prof at University is Dutch and he says that he and his fellow students basically rode their bikes everywhere because they couldn't afford to take the trains etc. He would
ride several hours to get to pubs outside the city he lived in.
When you are in not good state and have no cash to go out from that point, you will need to take the home loans. Because it should aid you unquestionably. I get car loan every time I need and feel fine because of it.