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i'm working at a bike store in Fishkill, NY right now.
Trek sells nice bikes starting at $679 for a terrific value road bike. Shimano 105 shifts fine if it's adjusted properly.
if you move up a couple levels you can get a softtail, with an elastomer in the seat stays. it gives an inch of rear suspension, and it helps a whole lot.
Ultegra really feels nicer than 105 when shifting. unforts, the bikes it comes on are a bit more spendy.
any decent bike shop should put you on a bike on a trainer inside and fit you. they may have to swap a stem or move the seat back or forward, but fit is of the utmost importance on a road bike. someone came in today and we spent about an hour fitting him.
the problem with internet stores is you don't get someone experienced to set the bike up for you and help you get comfortable with it.
did you try any hybrids? they are not so hardcore as a full road bike with the drop bars, with a flat or mild riser bar they are a bit more comfortable.
my next bike will probably cost more than any car i've ever had.
Posts in this Thread:
- OT== road bikes -- brands, sources?, Pete Saab 9-5, Sat, 8 Jul 2006 19:39:48
- If you ride an old Raleigh GP now,, dudewithasaab, Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:53:54
- Shopped around Trek 1000, Pilot, Cann'dl r800, Pete Saab 9-5, Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:38:26
- Re: OT== road bikes -- brands, sources?, jeff in MD, Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:49:42
- Looked alot last year - really loved the Burley line, saw, Sun, 9 Jul 2006 19:13:08
- Re: OT== road bikes -- brands, sources?, George on the Cape, Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:40:28
- Re: OT== road bikes -- brands, sources?, Dean C, Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:31:34
- Random observations, OKSaabs, Sun, 9 Jul 2006 10:06:22
- Steel is real - Bianchi, Specialized, JMJ in NC, Sun, 9 Jul 2006 08:41:59
- Re: OT== road bikes -- brands, sources?, KenManiac , Sat, 8 Jul 2006 22:20:21 <-- Viewing This Message
- My old road bike was stolen in 1987 & >, Mike in Anchorage, Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:02:45
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