Re: [RBW] Bike Choice

2013-08-04 Thread Cecily Walker
A bicycle chronology - how neat is that. Thanks for sharing it with us, Rex. On Friday, August 2, 2013 2:44:29 PM UTC-7, Rex Kerr wrote: I suspect that most of us have had bad experiences when we first started out. In my university student days I used to ride a cheap department store

Re: [RBW] Bike Choice

2013-08-03 Thread Matt Beebe
Rex, I'm dig the chronology/evolution of your bikes over the years on flickr.You can see where you began homing in on good fit with the Nishiki, then the 520 (awesome touring and camping pics!), and finally arrived at a perfect fit on the AHH. Nice Schwinn Voyageur too. On Friday,

Re: [RBW] Bike Choice

2013-08-02 Thread Rex Kerr
I suspect that most of us have had bad experiences when we first started out. In my university student days I used to ride a cheap department store bike. I rode it a lot of miles and did all of the maintenance myself, though still didn't know much about bikes, just figuring it out as I went. I

[RBW] Bike Choice

2013-08-01 Thread LeahFoy
In reading the thread about bike fit, I was reminded about another closely related topic: choosing a bike. I was in the market for a new bike, and after a lifetime of Target bikes, a REAL bike from an LBS seemed like a lofty goal. I hit the only LBS with a brand name I recognized - Trek.