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I'm not looking at really biking for heavy exercise just yet. I want to
buy a bike that I can use comfortably. I do not want a suspension (to
much to worry about) since I am doing city riding. I would like about 3
speeds so I can deal with slight differences in road grade.
I have been reading on here a lot about what bikes are good and not
good. I can see that most of the problems are with bikes that have more
things that can go wrong, so simple is better in my case.
I found (don't laugh) a wal-mart bike that I think fits my needs at
this time. It is the Next Monterey.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3596787
My question is, how hard is the gear system to take care of in this
case? it is 3 speed internal gear system. My parents had a similar
system on their ancient 3 speed bikes and they never seemed to have a
problem with it.
what do you all think? good buy for my needs? Will I have a problem
getting fenders and a stand on it?
Thanks all.
Jeremy
P.S. If I do get into biking for exercise sake, I will definitely use a
LBS... Hopefully I can convince my wife to let me spend a 400 or so on
a OK bike.
buy a bike that I can use comfortably. I do not want a suspension (to
much to worry about) since I am doing city riding. I would like about 3
speeds so I can deal with slight differences in road grade.
I have been reading on here a lot about what bikes are good and not
good. I can see that most of the problems are with bikes that have more
things that can go wrong, so simple is better in my case.
I found (don't laugh) a wal-mart bike that I think fits my needs at
this time. It is the Next Monterey.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3596787
My question is, how hard is the gear system to take care of in this
case? it is 3 speed internal gear system. My parents had a similar
system on their ancient 3 speed bikes and they never seemed to have a
problem with it.
what do you all think? good buy for my needs? Will I have a problem
getting fenders and a stand on it?
Thanks all.
Jeremy
P.S. If I do get into biking for exercise sake, I will definitely use a
LBS... Hopefully I can convince my wife to let me spend a 400 or so on
a OK bike.