Originally Posted by
dk85
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. So basically, my best option is to go the used route?
I thought about this a lot initially and perused the local craigslist postings, but I simply couldnt figure out what was a good bike and whether the asking price was reasonable.
I didnt want to end up with a 'lemon' bike after all that trouble.
But as
bikemig and
old's'cool suggested, i will post these craigslist adds in a thread to get some feedback.
In the meantime, I am gonna head over to the performance bike store to check out those bikes in person.
Thanks again for all the input
Dan
The diamondback insight you linked will be fine for what you want to do. After a few months, you can then keep going with it, sell it to get something which will better suit your wants/needs, or sell it because you hate cycling.
You could probably sell it for half the purchase price, give or take, so you would be out $150ish which would be the cost of trying something new for an extended period of time. $150 is nothing to cough at, but its also not exactly a huge loss either since you got something for that cost(experience, exercise, etc).
$200 could get you a nicer level bike thats used, but craigslist can be tough to navigate if you dont know what to look for and what to ignore. Find your proper bike size, thats step1 and will eliminate 50% or more of craigslist offerings.