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07-19-06, 12:34 AM
Well I don’t need one but I want one. Some money may fall into my hands and I want a fast light bike.
Right now I have a burley hepcat and it is no lightweight. It is pretty much as light as it can get and still do the commuting I require.
That’s the thing must of my riding is commuting 20 miles a day. I usually have to carry something if just water and in the winter all my rain gear as here in Portland you don’t know what the weather will be.
I don’t know if I will take longer rides as I get well or not. Been sick for several years and it is a slow process getting better. I don’t even know what it is like to have energy all the time.
But I ride to get somewhere. I love to ride but I doubt I will ride just to ride. I would get bored,
So I may or may not do longer rides I don’t know.
I want a carbent but it can’t haul much of anything at all and its weight limits would limit what I could do with it. But it would be nice to have one. Though of one of the cf bikes but not sure how fast one can be on the lightest since you are so upright. Zenetik Pro
It’s hard to find a bike that is fast and versatile. I can live without pulling a trailer I can use a different bike for that. Right now I use the hepcat without a problem. As long as only light hills I have hauled 200# on a trailer.
Have thought of a easy racer though not sure if it would be practical in the winter. Don’t feel like biting it because the front wheel slipped.
But that’s not saying not get one.
I can take one for a long test ride and I plan too.
I really like disc brakes and that can limit the bike but I could live with v brakes and use my paul component’s, but it looks like a lot of bikes are getting disc mounts.
Right now I have a burley hepcat and it is no lightweight. It is pretty much as light as it can get and still do the commuting I require.
That’s the thing must of my riding is commuting 20 miles a day. I usually have to carry something if just water and in the winter all my rain gear as here in Portland you don’t know what the weather will be.
I don’t know if I will take longer rides as I get well or not. Been sick for several years and it is a slow process getting better. I don’t even know what it is like to have energy all the time.
But I ride to get somewhere. I love to ride but I doubt I will ride just to ride. I would get bored,
So I may or may not do longer rides I don’t know.
I want a carbent but it can’t haul much of anything at all and its weight limits would limit what I could do with it. But it would be nice to have one. Though of one of the cf bikes but not sure how fast one can be on the lightest since you are so upright. Zenetik Pro
It’s hard to find a bike that is fast and versatile. I can live without pulling a trailer I can use a different bike for that. Right now I use the hepcat without a problem. As long as only light hills I have hauled 200# on a trailer.
Have thought of a easy racer though not sure if it would be practical in the winter. Don’t feel like biting it because the front wheel slipped.
But that’s not saying not get one.
I can take one for a long test ride and I plan too.
I really like disc brakes and that can limit the bike but I could live with v brakes and use my paul component’s, but it looks like a lot of bikes are getting disc mounts.