Originally Posted by
elmore leonard
I would just buy a hybrid off of Craigs List for $90 or a 90's Mountain bike for $90 and put hybrid tires on it. Road bike are rather useless when not ridden on paved roads.
Yeah, the thought have crossed my mind several times. I always return to wanting a new one though. This is mainly because I have tried to "fix" my current bike 2 times, making it worse each time. All my other bikes have been used cheap bikes, so I am fairly set on a new one.
I really like the look of the road bike and the weight, just wondering if it is as one dimensional as some say it is. I know cyclocross is considered by many as a good all-round bike, but that is to expensive for me where I live.