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11-04-05, 02:13 AM
OK -- so I decided that I wanted to get another bike, after riding nothing for 5 years.
Hybrid seemed like a good idea, since I could go on trails and still do city riding (I live in central Harlem). But I hated the upright handlebars on the Trek 7000 . . . who's riding these hybrids? And then someone said a MTB with slicks. So the choice seemed like a somewhat confusing $250 for a Trek 3500 or $350 for a 7200FX with flat bars . . .
More confusion -- they told me down at Bicycle Habitat that I would LOVE the Marin Muirwoods . . . but that was $450 . . . even more money . . . but they didn't have one to ride (still don't)
And then the very decent KC over at Larry and Jeff's Bike Shop on the Upper East Side had me ride an assortment of bikes, which included the Specialized Sirrus -- ALL KINDS O' FUN, but no offroad possibility, and $550 -- MORE MONEY . . .
And I should say that Sirrus sounds an awful lot like Tzuris, which means "troubles" in Yiddish -- Oy!
So whaddya'll think? We're now talking a range of three hundred . . . maybe it pays to get the bike with the sweetest ride? Or is there a bike that would still allow me the same feel, but with offroad possibilities?
I'll post this on the roadbikes forum, just to see the different answers . . . ;-) Thanks.
Hybrid seemed like a good idea, since I could go on trails and still do city riding (I live in central Harlem). But I hated the upright handlebars on the Trek 7000 . . . who's riding these hybrids? And then someone said a MTB with slicks. So the choice seemed like a somewhat confusing $250 for a Trek 3500 or $350 for a 7200FX with flat bars . . .
More confusion -- they told me down at Bicycle Habitat that I would LOVE the Marin Muirwoods . . . but that was $450 . . . even more money . . . but they didn't have one to ride (still don't)
And then the very decent KC over at Larry and Jeff's Bike Shop on the Upper East Side had me ride an assortment of bikes, which included the Specialized Sirrus -- ALL KINDS O' FUN, but no offroad possibility, and $550 -- MORE MONEY . . .
And I should say that Sirrus sounds an awful lot like Tzuris, which means "troubles" in Yiddish -- Oy!
So whaddya'll think? We're now talking a range of three hundred . . . maybe it pays to get the bike with the sweetest ride? Or is there a bike that would still allow me the same feel, but with offroad possibilities?
I'll post this on the roadbikes forum, just to see the different answers . . . ;-) Thanks.