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From: Take a deep breath, and ask--What would Sheldon do?
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Originally Posted by Old Dirt Hill
Keep the $600 and find a $150 used road bike on eBay. Spend $50 on a tune-up once you get it and save the remaining $400 for the accessories you'll need that you don't know about yet today.
After riding the $150 road bike for a year, come back to these forums and tell someone else your success story and stop someone else from spending $600 on a used bike for commuting.
Trust me.
(if only someone had given me this advice, or more accurately, if only i had listened.
)
Absolutely true. Not to mention you will have more money for upgrades in the future, unless you turn into a steel bike fool like the rest of us in Classic & Vintage. Go take a look at some of the threads over there about good bike prices...
East Hill
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