If this is for riding around Davis, I'd say look used and look cheap. Unless you are going more than 10 miles each way, you don't need much of a bike to get around there: it's flat everywhere. Bike theft is rampant, and if you are going to be riding around and locking it up, you don't want any nice parts or your liable to come out of Shields missing your shifters. Look for something used with character and go to the Collective and get it humming along. Ask around when you get back home for old bikes in friends' garages or probe craigslist...get yourself something functional and inexpensive. Then, down the line when n+1 strikes and finances allow, get yourself something nice for dirt or road that you wouldn't leave locked on the streets of Davis and you'll be set-
Class of '97
Last edited by mtndragon; 05-30-13 at 12:27 AM.