paulbunyan217
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kind of bike I should buy? Every time I get a seemingly decent, but cheap used bike, I ride it for a week or a few hours and then something breaks on it, and it's such a hassle to have my grandpa constantly nagging at me, wanting to fix it for me, then he fixes it then it breaks again in a day, it's ugly.
I don't know how to fix bikes myself, I'm not mechanically inclined by any means. I love biking however, and I desperately need exercise, and I get tired of jogging, and biking is key. However, my dreams are always cut short by bike problems.
Anyway, I've been wondering if there's some kind of bike that you can get that actually doesn't easily break, and that I could ride for miles and miles up hills and what not, and be totally at bliss?
If I went out and got a heavy duty mountain bike or something like that for 500 or a thousand bucks, would it be worth it? Or is there a good less expensive kind of bike I should get?
Also, I get annoyed with multispeed bikes, because there's always an annoying clicking sound, and it always seems to try to shift by itself when I'm going up a hill or something and it's annoying. Is this just because all the bikes I've ridden are crappy? Or should I get a 1 speed bike?
Where is a good place to shop for bikes? I'd really like to try the bike out first for a time, before commiting to buy, like taking a car for a testdrive first, is there a store someplace where I can do that?
I'm in the dark here people, and I need your help!
Any information will be greatly appreciated, and 10 points will be awarded to the best answer!
I don't know how to fix bikes myself, I'm not mechanically inclined by any means. I love biking however, and I desperately need exercise, and I get tired of jogging, and biking is key. However, my dreams are always cut short by bike problems.
Anyway, I've been wondering if there's some kind of bike that you can get that actually doesn't easily break, and that I could ride for miles and miles up hills and what not, and be totally at bliss?
If I went out and got a heavy duty mountain bike or something like that for 500 or a thousand bucks, would it be worth it? Or is there a good less expensive kind of bike I should get?
Also, I get annoyed with multispeed bikes, because there's always an annoying clicking sound, and it always seems to try to shift by itself when I'm going up a hill or something and it's annoying. Is this just because all the bikes I've ridden are crappy? Or should I get a 1 speed bike?
Where is a good place to shop for bikes? I'd really like to try the bike out first for a time, before commiting to buy, like taking a car for a testdrive first, is there a store someplace where I can do that?
I'm in the dark here people, and I need your help!
Any information will be greatly appreciated, and 10 points will be awarded to the best answer!