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Originally Posted by eremite06
I prefer a recumbent. The back and neck can't handle a two wheeler. Have a Catrike Road. Cost about $2000.
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We like our recumbents too, both two and three wheels.
as far as department store bikes go....
if you're planning on using a bike for a few years or more, the difference between a '
get by' el cheapo and a 'should have' quality bike that's safe and more fun, is usually pennies a week, or maybe one mon th's ameinties, or two tanks of gas, or dinner for four with cheap wine at Bonefish.
You'll use the better bike more, it will need less work, and the cost per ride is less overall.
and if you dec ide to bail, yoiu'll lose even less. A real bike will have re sale value, the Wally world or dick's bike might go at a yard sale
Sure, there are exceptions, but good bikes are not cheap and cheap bikes are generally not good.
Go by price, do it twice
Or as Ben Franklin would have said
"the bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
Oh, and we're a bit frustrated at what we heard- TV is thinking of lengthening gates so bikes have to go around every time
Not a good idea = bikes cut down on car traffic, road maintenance, pollution...
The Iron Gate at Harmeswood gate is bad enough - we can finish a short story waiting for it, and it's just 5 inches too wide to pass on a bike.
Do cars want to wait for the new heavier, extended gates that wilkl require a change in lift mechanisms, to let each bike pass, or would cars rather see the bikes get the heck out of their way
L and L