Originally Posted by
rustybrown
This thread feels like a troll.
I don't get why you think I'm a troll. I was literally on the verge of buying an Iro Angus online, and I had no freakin clue how to choose the options for it. I still don't actually, cos nobody explicitly answered those questions! On the other hand, since I don't really need a bike for a few months, I'll go on and do a bit more research just to make sure I don't have the ability/interest to cheaply put a bike together myself, or have the good judgment to pick a 30-year old classic on craigslist. (One of the first "classics" I found on CL turned out to be a terrible Schwinn model from back in the day.) Maybe it's a surprise to rusty that not everyone who enjoys riding bikes, even to the point of visiting a forum like this, knows or cares what a bike cog or appropriate gear ratios are. Go on and shudder with horror.