Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 43,982
Likes: 6,168
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Where in NJ? I'm in Maplewood.
You can get a new bike at a bike shop.
You can get a used bike on craigslist. If you see a bike on craigslist you think is interesting, you can ask us what we think before you buy it.
sheldonbrown.com is a wonderful resource for understanding bikes.
Tom