Which fixie for a beginner ?
 

Good morning guys I'm Rocco aka Bob. I'm 16 years old and I am Italian...so please don't kill me if I make a mistake :)

I like very much the design of fixed bike... they are light and fast, and very cool. I live near the sea, here it's all perfectly flat !

So, I decided to buy my firs fixie... the problem is: which one ? I'm not expert at all...my budget is about 250$. I saw online the "Vilano" bikes, are these bike reliable for their price ? Are there any other models sold at this price ?

Thank you very much :)

Bob

So you are in Italy, a place oozing with cool used frames and you want to buy a Vilano? For real?

I thought vilano is Italian for junk?

I was also looking into the Vilano but I don't think they are worth it at all. If you can save up $100 more you're better of with like a Schwinn Madison or even better if you can wait just keep saving and get a Mercier Kilo TT which they get good reviews and they do seem worth getting. They go for $399 at Bikesdirect.com

Dude is 16 and has a $250 budget. He wants to ride a bike. The Vilano is a better option than most.

bob:
Do you have listing services such as Craigslist, or Yahoo! Auctions? You may be able to find a better quality used bicycle on one of those services. Read up as much as possible on bicycle basics before purchasing, take a little time.

Read up on this site: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

Good Idea...http://www.sheldonbrown.com is a great site

He's in Italy.

Also, you just started a "Which bike should I get?" thread and you're already advising others? Gotta love this place.

By the way, when you ask which bike to buy and 2 of the 4 models are pretty much out of stock....that kind of research took you 3 months?

I'm not completly ignorant.. I have been going out with bike every sunday (30-35KM) with my MTB 2 years ago :)

Surfing on the Internet I found this (there are a lot of resellers here in italy) : http://www.createbikes.it/index.html Those bikes are sold for 399€ in your opinion are they good ?

Another question, I'm 175cm tall, which size should I buy ? 54cm ?

So are "Create Bike" bikes good for 399€ ?

Research more and buy something from a Inserisci annuncio or moto usata.

Do you think I have to buy an used bike ?

Suggest me some "name"...

Pure Fix ? Schwinn Cutter/Madison ? I found also a Mercier Kilo TT for 360$

Man are you really italian? Please take a look at this forum, a lot of complete bargain bikes from all of Europe (mainly UK but often people from Italy, Germany, Holland post there).


http://www.lfgss.com/search.php?searchid=15541051
http://www.lfgss.com/thread92260.html#post3097899
http://www.lfgss.com/thread91247.html#post3097742 (Complete Leader 735tr)

There are always cool beater bikes going for 200 pounds or less.

Hey guys.. I'm really an italian lol

btw I'll stay tuned on that forum and look for italian vendors...