If you can, put some miles on it first. The riding position might not suit
you - I had to park my Cannondale mountain bike due to age - mine not the
bike. I found the hunched over position required to ride it was causing
issues with my neck. Did some research and found a hybrid bike from Trek
that gave me a much more erect driving postion and eliminated the neck
issue.
All else being equal $100 seems like a deal on that bike.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Addy" <[email protected]>
Subject: OT: Question for the bicycle people
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?
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