M
Marz
Guest
Bill wrote:
> Ok,
> So am I the oddball here because I don't care about spending $2,000
> bucks on a bike and consider $50 enough? Exercise is the whole point and
> it doesn't take tons of money to through at a bike to get in shape. I
> don't think I am going to be competing, unless it's in the over 60
> category, and I do manage to get about 3-5K miles per cheap bike. So, in
> that case, I am getting more miles per dollar than the expensive bikes.
> Quick, somebody tell me why it's more fun to wreck a $2K bike than a $50
> bike. I do crash on my off road exploits and have the scars to show for
> it, but not the broken expensive bike, just one more parts bike.
> Bill Baka
For me 'fun' is the whole point of cycling, I spend 5 hours in the gym
and about 4 on the road bike getting fit so I can spend about 3 hours
week throwing a $4000 mtb around the trails near my home. I don't trust
the brakes on a cheap bike, the frame, the wheels or the components.
When I drop my bike off a 4ft drop at +20mph I know it's not going to
buckle under my 230lbs of mass and when I turn around to climb again
it's light enough to ride back up. After 16 months of beating my bike
up every weekend, the wheels are still true, headset tight, frame
straight and stiff (no movement in sus linkages) and I've been through
4 sets of tyres and two chains. I just can't see a $200 bike taking
that much abuse.
Laters,
Marz
> Ok,
> So am I the oddball here because I don't care about spending $2,000
> bucks on a bike and consider $50 enough? Exercise is the whole point and
> it doesn't take tons of money to through at a bike to get in shape. I
> don't think I am going to be competing, unless it's in the over 60
> category, and I do manage to get about 3-5K miles per cheap bike. So, in
> that case, I am getting more miles per dollar than the expensive bikes.
> Quick, somebody tell me why it's more fun to wreck a $2K bike than a $50
> bike. I do crash on my off road exploits and have the scars to show for
> it, but not the broken expensive bike, just one more parts bike.
> Bill Baka
For me 'fun' is the whole point of cycling, I spend 5 hours in the gym
and about 4 on the road bike getting fit so I can spend about 3 hours
week throwing a $4000 mtb around the trails near my home. I don't trust
the brakes on a cheap bike, the frame, the wheels or the components.
When I drop my bike off a 4ft drop at +20mph I know it's not going to
buckle under my 230lbs of mass and when I turn around to climb again
it's light enough to ride back up. After 16 months of beating my bike
up every weekend, the wheels are still true, headset tight, frame
straight and stiff (no movement in sus linkages) and I've been through
4 sets of tyres and two chains. I just can't see a $200 bike taking
that much abuse.
Laters,
Marz