I have a beach cruiser that is beautiful but weighs a million pounds and has no gears and is just completely awkward unless you are going less than two miles per hour. I just bought a mountain bike because I need to commute to work and it was a deal. It is very hilly and therefore I needed gears. The bike has a good frame and all but I thought of somehow combining the best of the two bikes to make a commuter bike. I thought of putting the cruiser seat onto my mountain bike because it came with a seat from h. - e. - double hockey sticks; I think the mountain bike's seat is actually made out of pointy rocks. Sorry for the rambling so here is my question:
1. Should I change my tires from the knobbly ones to the fat white-wall tires that came with my cruiser, or should I get skinnier ones, or keep the knobbly ones?
(My commute to work is 4 miles and is primarily on a well-paved four-lane highway with a bike lane, and is mostly uphill.)
2. Should I put the fenders or rain guards or whatever the kids are calling them onto the mountain bike in case I get a big stripe of mud down my back on the way to work at 7 in the morning?
Should I change anything on the bike or is it a waste of time because it would look strange and really slow down the bike?
Thanks for all your help!
***I really have no idea about bicycles but I want to learn. In fact I need to learn how to use gears before I go out but I hear it helps to have them...I have been pedaling my a$$ off and I feel like a douche when all the touring bikes pass on the hill with ease and laugh at me and give me the finger.
Darn those touring bicyclists and their fancy Lycra suits!
1. Should I change my tires from the knobbly ones to the fat white-wall tires that came with my cruiser, or should I get skinnier ones, or keep the knobbly ones?
(My commute to work is 4 miles and is primarily on a well-paved four-lane highway with a bike lane, and is mostly uphill.)
2. Should I put the fenders or rain guards or whatever the kids are calling them onto the mountain bike in case I get a big stripe of mud down my back on the way to work at 7 in the morning?
Should I change anything on the bike or is it a waste of time because it would look strange and really slow down the bike?
Thanks for all your help!
***I really have no idea about bicycles but I want to learn. In fact I need to learn how to use gears before I go out but I hear it helps to have them...I have been pedaling my a$$ off and I feel like a douche when all the touring bikes pass on the hill with ease and laugh at me and give me the finger.
Darn those touring bicyclists and their fancy Lycra suits!
