Originally Posted by
Doohickie
Not a problem... ride what ya got!
Of course there isn't a problem. As long as we are riding bikes... regardless of the bike! My apologies if I came off rude. Past few days haven't been the greatest!
Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
you may indeed prefer older bikes (which is a completely fine & dandy personal preference to have), but i'm curious to know how you arrived at your current position of authority to speak for all 2.7 million chicagoans?
My apologies if I sounded rude or superior on the subject because that was not my intention but understand how it came off that way. Let me start over. I simply prefer older bikes and most people I know do as well. I speak for no one but myself and the people I know.
that's quite the heaping serving of a subjective, sweeping generalization presented as fact. some older bikes may be better than some newer bikes, but i assure you that some older bikes are FAR worse than some newer bikes.
I agree. It is a bit of an over generalized statement but I do agree for the most part that older bikes are superior to newer ones. Are
ALL older bikes superior to newer ones? Absolutely not. Are all newer bikes superior to all older bikes? Again, absolutely not. Do I plan on owning a newer bike in the future? Absolutely, because I love bikes and even though I will want to commit suicide after purchasing one of these very expensive newer bikes I ultimately will. I am getting back to riding after a long over-due break from riding. We may even disagree on which specific bikes are better but the ultimate goal here is to keep riding... whatever bike we choose. Here is my 2004 Giant Sedona. Have a nice day and keep riding everyone.
The Giant isn't being used at the moment. It needs some new tires but I am unsure what to use the bike for. Me and my fiance have started a recycling program at home and I plan on taking the recyclables to the Recycling Center on Sundays and was thinking maybe I could use the giant for that. It is a much lighter bike and with the added weight of a cargo trailer I think this would be the best choice.