Originally Posted by
MRT2
$1,000 should give you a lot of choices. Mountain bike, comfort hybrid, performance hybrid, perhaps even an entry level road bike. But, you need to tell us where you want to ride, and in particular what kind of surface you will be riding.
Don't forget to budget for a helmet, floor pump, and lock.
Yeah, what you said.
It turns out that in the long run, the bike is just the beginning of things you'll buy. My wife and I had no clue it would turn into the bike, helmet, eyewear, gloves, hydration packs (MTBing), shorts, bike rack, hitch on the car, Clif Bars, air pump, all-purpose tools, tire levers, water bottles, water cages, extra inner tubes...
...And then she was kind enough to point out to me, "Did you know biking is the third most expensive sport, right behind scuba diving and horseback riding?"
Yeah, we picked a good one to get into...
