Only asking this here because I know that there are some serious bicylists present. I hope you can lower your esoterics enough to provide a reasonable opinion on this question:
I'm interested in getting into cycling around town (we've got a great, long, paved trail) for exercise/fitness. I sit at a desk and push a mouse around all day and I need something for activity. My son-in-law has a late 80s (I think) vintage 15 speed Schwinn Mirada that he will sell me for the price he (just) spent to have it serviced at a local bike shop ($100). From what I can tell, this was a step or two above the lowest Schwinn models, and was made before they started selling them at Walmart. I would probably want a new saddle for it, and it has knobby tires. I wish he would have put slicks on it. From what I have seen in Googling this, people ask $140-150 for these so I'm not getting the greatest deal in the world, but I don't think I'm really overpaying either. I'm not sure, but I doubt that I have better options for the price range. I don't plan on racing this thing, so I don't need the lightest frame in the world. Heck, I really need how to learn those 15 gears just to climb hills. I'm a bike newbie really. However, it looks like this thing has a really durable frame (saw one that the owner said had taken him thousands of miles: 4th photo on this page - http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=174667 ). I like that it has center pull brakes and has just come out of the shop. It has 2 separate lever shifters for each set of gears. So, basically, I guess I'm asking if this is a dumb way to spend $100 on a bike or not. What say you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
