Comments on: Bicycle Comparison Chart

By: bdewberry

bdewberry — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:08:15 +0000

Good luck with the sprint triathlon. I'm loving my new bike.

By: mannyo

mannyo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:07:40 +0000

She riding great for me and on the bikes we are doing great. We will be using them in a sprint triathlon and have started riding with our local bike club. Hope you enjoy your bike and ride on.

By: bdewberry

bdewberry — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:08:15 +0000

Good luck with the sprint triathlon. I'm loving my new bike.

By: mannyo

mannyo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:07:40 +0000

She riding great for me and on the bikes we are doing great. We will be using them in a sprint triathlon and have started riding with our local bike club. Hope you enjoy your bike and ride on.

By: bdewberry

bdewberry — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:40:54 +0000

Mannyo, thanks for stopping by.

Purchasing new bikes at a local store definitely has advantages and you did a great job of listing them. I went with the used option because I could get a good bike a lot cheaper than buying new. I've also been around bikes for a while so I was comfortable with not needing the custom fit options and tune ups. Although, free tune ups and discounts is great.

How's the wife riding for you and your wife coming along with the new bikes?

By: mannyo

mannyo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:40:23 +0000

My wife and I just purchaased new bikes (Trek 2.1). The advantage of purchasing locally is that you have a place to take your bike for service and they may have custom fiting options available for you. I know at our local shop they meticulously measured us to get the proper sizing. Also with the saddle guarantee we were able to switch out saddles till we found a comfortable one, which is major if you intend to do long rides. Our shop also throws in free tune ups for the first year and will discounts for clothes and accessories. So I hope this helps. Your local shop may be a little more but the support you get may be invaluable toward your future enjoyment. Hope this helps

By: bdewberry

bdewberry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:10:12 +0000

I'm sure they do but a lot of what you can read leads you to believe there's a stigma with the triple. I'm sure it has something to do with the 'pros' devout devotion to the double.

By: GTinLA

GTinLA — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:50:46 +0000

A triple properly setup shifts just fine, every time.

By: bdewberry

bdewberry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:48:04 +0000

Everyone, please welcome Mrs. BikingToLive to the blog. I believe that was her first post ever here.

Yes dear, it needs a good ole fashion cleaning. You know how I am with that kind of stuff so that's no biggie. I'm waiting to hear back on when I can go see it and 'test drive' it.

By: caffeineonpointe

caffeineonpointe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:43:23 +0000

Does look like a good ole fashion cleaning would be in order! Great price, Can you test drive it?LOL