Originally Posted by
caroline162
...or had my neighbor look at it (he is a hardcore bike rider and has offered to help teach me about bikes when I get one)...
Originally Posted by
caroline162
That's what I currently do. But it's boring and I thought it would be fun to get back into biking, since I loved it so much as a kid!
If your neighbour is a hardcore bike rider would he be willing to help you find a good bargain? He might know some people who are selling a used bike.
If your commute is only a mile it hardly seems worth getting a bike out. By the time you've fussed with a quick check of the bike at one end and locked it up at the other end the chances are you could have walked most if not all of the mile. On the other hand, if your commute is only a mile and something breaks on the bike between home and work at least you don't have too far to push/carry it.