In a message dated 1/22/01 7:54:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>image66@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>> Ken (waiting impatiently for spring) N.
>
>Since I bike for exercise only, my rationale for a cheap bike is the heavier
>the better.
In a message dated 1/22/01 1:47:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> actually, if i might add: once you've tasted a lightweight frame, you'll
> never enjoy the regular heavy one. if you don't enjoy it, you won't
> excercise... so should we say ignorance is bliss ;)
I'll second that. My first "good" bike was an English 3-speed. Such a
gazelle compared to my Western Auto slug. First bike I went 50 mph on
(downhill). Then when I went to college, I got a Japanese 10-speed. It was
so much lighter and faster than the old 3 speed that I had a ball, riding it
all over.
But the queen of them all was the Swiss-made Mondia I picked up in Honolulu
in '76. Heavy by today's standards (22 lbs.), but still a joy to ride. Had
a blast drafting an 18-wheeler from Honolulu International to downtown
Honolulu at 40mph. Nothing to it. Still have it, and love it as much as I
love my OM1.
If I could afford to ride a high tech carbon fiber 4 pound beauty today, I
WOULD!
Try a quality lightweight, Ken. You'll never go back. I'll bet you'll have
so much fun riding that you'll ride farther, faster, and STILL get at least
the exercise you are getting now on your welded steel frame boat anchor.
Rich
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