Thank you very much for your advice and your invitation, I have to find a bike a loose a bit of weight before :) However I'll try to get ready asap. my budget is around $600, but depend what I can find for that amount. I bought for 400 euro, $480 circa, road bike hand made alluminium frame, carbon fiber fork, brakes, cramshift etc.. campagnolo 18v campagnolo medium profile wheels seat post:selle italia But I think now it cost much more I'll look around on the web
Marco On Jun 10, 3:56 pm, "Ryan Post" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a MTB ride tonight at 6:30, if you want to come. It's fast, and if > you can't keep up, I'll stay back and ride with you. > > I won't have time to ride with you on the road until Monday. But there are > others who might step up. > > The roads are narrow, but drivers are usually nice. You can > tryhttp://wvucycling.com/Rides.phpand get an idea of some routes that are > good. > > As for bikes, it'll depend what your budget is. $300, $500, $750, $1000? > MTB or road? There aren't many pro/high level teams here, but there are in > Maryland. Those bikes are in the $1000-1500 range for road. MTB has no pro > teams, just a lot of individuals. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of marco > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:47 PM > To: WVU Cycling > Subject: [WVU Cycling] Usefull Advice > > Hello > I'm Marco,and I'm a WVU student from Italy > One of my great passion is ride a bike and in my part of Italy this is > a well known sport. > I want to keep to practice ciclying, but I need a couple of advice > about Morgantown area. > In my country usually I did a lot road and a few times mtb, between > the two I prefer road,but looking at this great area I think mtb it > would be nicer too. > > One of my question is about the road around Morgantown.... > Where I live in Italy is a metropolitan area, and usually to have a > nice ride I have to go outside the city. > It's not so bad because with 10 miles I'm in a great area (hills and > flat) but sometimes deal with the traffic in the rush hour and a road > bike isn't so nice but is always risky!! > My doubt is: Morgantown is not so big but the road seems to me a bit > dangerous: not space at the right side and the drivers seems to me > that don't care too much about ciclist... > There are safe road for ciclyist apart the trails?? > > Another question is about the bike: unfortunately my budget is limited > (to be a student abroad is not easy) and the only option is about a > used bike. The trick I used at home is to buy used bike from teams at > the end of the season. > What are the options that I have to take a good bike for a fair price > here in US?? > Thank you very much > > Marco
