Originally Posted by
carleton
Start with these rhetorical questions:
If you could have any bike in the world, no matter how cheap or expensive, what bike would it be and why?
What are and are not important to you? (speed, looks, reliability, brand name, low weight, durability, versatility, single-purpose...)
How do you think you'll use the bike? (commuting, not really, really long miles, around campus).
What's your terrain like? (flat like Florida, Hilly like SF)
Is there a chance that your bike will be stolen? (campus bike rack, work won't allow bikes inside, bars won't allow bikes inside...)
I'm just going to answer them all.
1) Not sure, don't know enough about bikes yet! Something I couldn't afford now (obviously! LOL)
2) looks, reliability, brand name (notsomuch, just known reliability), durability (i'm heavy, this is huge), versatility (want flip-flop)
3) weekend rides, around town, trails
4) live in sacramento valley, not hilly like sf and not as flat as florida, doable
5) not a worry, won't be leaving it very often (will always be locked if I do) and live in a really really low crime community
You definitely make converting sound like a poor choice, and I can see why -- I don't have something sitting around I would literally have to shave the **** out of a rectangle, lol.
I have tools by the way and if I don't, I probably know somebody who does (most of them anyway.) Thanks a lot for the input man, really appreciate your opinions. This is hard!
And by the way, I've pretty much gone through every page of the last 3 years of post your bike threads over the last few days. I guess you could say I'm hooked. Seriously, been looking on Pedalroom, fixie ****** (tarck bikes) and fixed gear gallery for hours on in! I want one NOW!
I love this:
http://www.******.com/r/FixedGearBic...tta_go/c2wj106
http://i.imgur.com/4FwSO.jpg
Seems like it would be affordable to build something similar! I may have a lead!