SubscribeI Just Bought a Bike
Sun May 6, 2007 3:23:51 pm by DustinFiled under Fun, General, Health, Household, Payroll, Tools and Tricks, a little about life
Well the weather is starting to get nicer these days, so I thought it would be nice to get a road bike to 1) commute my two miles to work and 2) tool around with on the weekends and after work. I looked on craigslist for a while but could not really find anything worth the money while still being used. That is when I started looking for bikes in stores. I figured if I could not find the kind of bike I wanted I would at least get some good information about what to look for. I also asked James for some pointers – thanks James.
I ended up getting fixated with the K2 Mach 1 2007 from REI.
I broke it in by doing a trip to work and am finding it takes me less time on the bike than the car. I am going to plan to ride to work every day when it is not raining in the morning until the rain starts this Fall again. I also want to do the Bridge Pedal in August. In the mean time if anybody wants to go for a ride sometime *cough* James *cough* Roo *cough*, give me a holler.
May my dad will stop telling me I am getting fat now that I have a bike too.
Sun May 6, 2007 4:12:36 pm
Sweet! I had a feeling you might break down and go new. I don’t think you’ll regret it. Don’t forget to take it in for the 30 day tuneup. Oh…and store it indoors. Druggies like shiny things.
I’m planning on doing the 10 bridge ride again (36 miles). In the meantime, we’ll have to meet up at some point for some spinning.
Sun May 6, 2007 4:13:28 pm
$500 for a bike? Man I sold my last car for that much…
Sun May 6, 2007 8:17:41 pm
Your last car didn’t run though.
Mon May 7, 2007 10:12:47 am
Congrats!
I ride all the time in east Vancouver.
Example rides:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=708782
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=829127
Come over to my area, I’ll show you a good time, I promise.
Mon May 7, 2007 4:07:28 pm
Haha. Ray acts shocked at a $500 bike. Check this out:
http://www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/DAWGPRIMO/index.html (mine)
or a Seven IMX:
http://www.sevencycles.com/pricing.php?page=mountain
Bling baby!
Mon May 7, 2007 6:36:20 pm
Yeah Ray, $500 is nothing
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1/11455/ (my road bike)
Mon May 7, 2007 6:58:42 pm
It’s so shiny.
Tue May 8, 2007 7:47:40 am
You can buy a decent crotch rocket for that price…
Tue May 8, 2007 7:51:31 am
That is next on my list…
Tue May 8, 2007 2:04:10 pm
This is the kind of bike I’d go for
http://www.slofly.com/ebike/
Tue May 8, 2007 6:15:47 pm
Or you could just buy a rocket!!
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