1Fast4500

I left for mertle beach NC. monday and now I am here with a perfect beach to ride up and I didn't bring my 4500 stupid, stupid, stupid!!!!!!

pawn shop?

bike rentals?

wana get rid of your bike.

I am seriously thinking about an X-mart bike I'mm here all week I need to ride this beach

C Law

No LBS's in Myrtle to rent a bike from?

LowCel 

When I was at Myrtle a few months ago I called around to a few bike shops to see if there were any group rides I could join. Most of them had no clue though since pretty much all they did was rent beach cruisers.

Just grab a phone book and call around, I'm sure you will find a bike shop to rent a bike from.

EJ123

My uncle lives in Myrtle Beach...do you mean South Carolina??

LowCel 

I didn't even catch the NC part. My sister lives in North Myrtle, I really need to get down there to see her more often. Would be a great time to go down and get some base miles in.

EJ123

Oh haha have you ever been to Broadway at the beach? Cool place.

LowCel 

Yes, very cool place. Can't remember the name of the places but one place there makes some great mixed drinks. Another place is a very cool microbrewery.

One of my favorite things to do at the beach is to visit Ripley's Aquarium. That place is awesome!

EJ123

lol yeah! Hhaa yeah you could walk in that glass tunnel under the water. That was cool. I havent been to MB in like 2 years but we usually stay at that embassy hotel there

LowCel 

When I was a kid we used to go for about a month every year, generally the month of August. We would stay at Pirate Land campground. When I was little (2 or 3) we started out just staying in a tent. As the years went on we had a small camper, then a little bigger and a little bigger. The last few years we were in a 28 foot fifth wheel. now that was my idea of roughing it. The family vacations pretty much ended in 1993 though. Once I graduated from high school my parent's decided that they could start enjoying their vacations without me. Now we (my wife and I) either get a hotel room or just stay with my sister a few days.

EJ123

lol wow you must go there a ton! Its hard to get there though because we usually non rev to charlotte on AA and then try to get on US air to their airport. Yikes we once did the drive from Charlotte, no fun! I saw alot of cotton though

LowCel 

Myrtle Beach is only about 3 1/2 hours from Charlotte, not too bad of a drive. I drive to Myrtle Beach (about 6 1/2 - 7 hour drive) about once a year. I go to Charlotte to visit my brother about three times a year.

1Fast4500

LOL I ment SC I'll hit the pawn shop in the morning before I go to wall*mart

Decadence213

you're only there for a week and you need to ride a beach so bad your willing to buy a new bike? I can't imagine a beach being fun to ride. Here our beaches are just sand and hills. Is it different in SC?

1Fast4500

not a "new" used or CHeapo I love riding the sand I ThiNk I Will CHeck tHe Pawn shop I can handle a $50 for Three Days

1Fast4500

PS. The BeaCH Here is hard until you get 50 ft off- The water I

Decadence213

hard sand...thats new to me. All our sand is real soft and it would be a nightmare to ride here. i can now understand better. good luck with everything.

Gorsar

I thought I was reading my life story for a minute there LowCel. We used to go to Myrtle for about 2 weeks a year and also stayed at Pirate Land. My family's RVs grew with time as well eventually ending up in a 35ft Aljo Alliance 5th wheel. Our stories part at high school graduation (91 btw), I went to the Army and they began vacationing in Las Vegas.

Anyway, good story..

1Fast4500

Yeha our Beaches up I md are so soft that It's even hard to Walk on .

I knew That the Beaches in FL are hard! way way Hard I Didn't Think IT would Be this soft way up Here OH Well thougH I will know Next time

Killer B

Just thought you people might like to know:

Worst Medium Cities for Crime (200,000-500,000 pop.)

Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach has the highest total rate of crime in the nation, due to a high rate of violent crime and the nation's highest rate of property crime. In particular, the rates of assault, burglary, and larceny are particularly high.

Montgomery, AL
The murder rate is significantly high in Montgomery, as are the rates of robbery, burglary, and larceny.

Laredo, TX
While the larceny rate is high in Laredo, residents can take comfort in the relatively low rates of murder and forcible ****.

Waco, TX
Like Laredo, violent crime is less of a concern in Waco than property crime. In particular, burglary and larceny are a problem.

Wilmington, NC
Wilmington has the second-highest rate of burglary in the country. On the other hand, the rates of forcible **** and assault are low.


You RARELY hear anything bad on the news channels down there either. Funny trick they are playing on all the dumb tourist's, huh? (Myrtle Beach)

More here: 5 out of the top (worst) 15 cities in the entire USA are in or near Myrtle Beach too....

https://encarta.msn.com/media_7015002...ed_States.html

urban_assault

Wow, you must be a great guy to hang around with at a party.

Gorsar

It's a little misleading with Myrtle Beach, or any tourist towns really. Myrtle Beach's population may be within that catagory but that number is probably easily double itself when you include tourists which occupy the town about 9 months a year. If you included the toursist in the head count and compared it with cities of similar sizes it would be on par. Larceny is always going to be high in tourist towns unfortunately. And voilent crimes are probably thru the roof when you consider spring break week, harley week, and black biker week.

Granted, numbers can be skewed to back up any claim, but just thought those tidbits were interesting.

EJ123

Haha two of those cities are in Texas

djbowen1

I'm going to myrtle beach in 3 weeks to look at model houses and pick out a property. i am going to rent a bike, is it hilly or pretty much flat?

LowCel 

Pretty much flat with a nice headwind in at least one direction, sometimes both.

1Fast4500

well I Hit The Pawn shop and Picked up a older GT Backwoods. It was only $100 I will Post a PiC later when I get Home

It looks good for 100 bucks:
Rock Shock Judy
disc mounts
avid rim brakes
disc Hubs
LX DriveTrain