Better bike components = Less list price Worst bike components = Higher List Price???
12-28-14, 09:00 PM
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I thought I was bad, taking about 2 weeks to pull the trigger on my first bike as an adult, when I was 49. But I realized after doing a little research, that for what I wanted to spend, to see if I liked the sport or not; and if I'd stick with it; that no matter what, I wouldn't be getting a quality bike, but just something that was serviceable and better than a BSO. I put 3000 miles on that first $300 bike in the year or so that I rode it, and traded it in a deal for which I figure I got about $150 for it- so I essentially paid 1.5 cents per mile, and lost weight and got in-shape. Not a bad deal in my book.
OP needs to realize, that at that price point, WHAT bike he gets isn't as important as just getting A bike and getting out there.
12-28-14, 09:48 PM
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Wow. That's sad. Imagine if the OP had just bought a bike after a week or two of making his first post. Even if it were some $100 piece-of-junk from a thrift store. He could have been riding all of this time.
I thought I was bad, taking about 2 weeks to pull the trigger on my first bike as an adult, when I was 49. But I realized after doing a little research, that for what I wanted to spend, to see if I liked the sport or not; and if I'd stick with it; that no matter what, I wouldn't be getting a quality bike, but just something that was serviceable and better than a BSO. I put 3000 miles on that first $300 bike in the year or so that I rode it, and traded it in a deal for which I figure I got about $150 for it- so I essentially paid 1.5 cents per mile, and lost weight and got in-shape. Not a bad deal in my book.
OP needs to realize, that at that price point, WHAT bike he gets isn't as important as just getting A bike and getting out there.
I thought I was bad, taking about 2 weeks to pull the trigger on my first bike as an adult, when I was 49. But I realized after doing a little research, that for what I wanted to spend, to see if I liked the sport or not; and if I'd stick with it; that no matter what, I wouldn't be getting a quality bike, but just something that was serviceable and better than a BSO. I put 3000 miles on that first $300 bike in the year or so that I rode it, and traded it in a deal for which I figure I got about $150 for it- so I essentially paid 1.5 cents per mile, and lost weight and got in-shape. Not a bad deal in my book.
OP needs to realize, that at that price point, WHAT bike he gets isn't as important as just getting A bike and getting out there.
12-29-14, 10:32 AM
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My point was that ALL list prices are "made up" and serve whatever need a manufacturer/marketer of the product wants them to serve.
12-29-14, 10:48 AM
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As someone who works at a bike shop can I ask all of you people to please stop telling people that are this entitled and annoying to go to their local bike shop?
12-29-14, 07:41 PM
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Can someone put a muzzle on this dip****? I recommend a mid-level road bike with training wheels for you and no, I don't have a recommendation on the type of training wheels!
12-29-14, 07:47 PM
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It seems that the OP has long since abandoned this discussion, so no muzzle is needed. Time to give this a rest
12-29-14, 09:21 PM
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This thread derailed a long time ago.
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