Enthusiasm on Wheels
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 725
Bikes: 1953 Schwinn Debutante, 1971 Hercules 3-speed, 1973 Schwinn Suburban, 1990 Huffy White River, 1990-something Bianchi Advantage, 1996 Trek 800
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Ride everything that isn't bolted down! That's what I did. Oddly, the bike I now own was one of the ones I test rode very early on in my search, and the very day I rode it, I was thinking, "Man, I could see myself putting an obscene number of miles on this bike," but I felt at the time that it was out of my price range. However, as I continued riding other bikes throughout the next month, I kept mentally comparing them against the bike I now have. Eventually I went back to the shop, re-rode the three most likely bikes there, and decided that yes, my first impression of this bike was correct, and that maybe I should just go ahead and plunder my savings account, which I subsequently did.