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postaddiction wrote:I'm getting a road bike soon probably. What should I get? Is there anything in the last 46 pages of this thread that would help?
Strictly road or will you be riding on any gravel? What's the budget?
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eh, I don't really trust that any ride is "strictly road" which is why I've never gotten one, but it's for group rides and triathlons and shit. Budget is $1500, and I'd like to come in under 1K ideally because fuck money
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I would go for a nice light CX bike like this then...

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bik ... 191/84011/
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I'm out of town for the week but I will try to help when I get back, bro
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ONE I RECOMMENDED?
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Didn't see that post Eric, I'm in the middle of the woods with poor cell service, sorry. I think a light cyclo-cross bike is a good idea too, esp is capn doesn't like road only stigma
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Picked up the new bike today...holy shit it's like night and day compared to the aluminum Giant.
Really light, and the shifting and braking are unbelievably smooth.

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Awesome. Post some pics man
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Thanks, Eric. I've never heard of Giant, but there is something appealing about "giant-bicycles.com"
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So I did the 46 mile charity ride in Vermont Saturday. Took me 3:40 with rest stops. My brother in law did it 50 minutes faster than me. :(
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did you feel good on the new bike?
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Felt great aside from some lower back pain towards the end of the ride. I didn't train enough so I'm sure my body wasn't used to being in the saddle that long.
Oh and the ride had over 3000 feet of climbing.
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knee pain
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Increased my cadence after taking time off, no pain.
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how much time did you take off?
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a week. a nice summer week so it might as well have been a month.
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Nice!
What's your opinion on getting a professional bike fitting? Worth 150 bux?
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there is so much info out there on the interwebs about it, I would only do it if I was dropping cash on a new bike and the shop rolled some or all of the cost into the bike.
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yeah I figured out the problem. my ass was killing me and I was going really, really slow.
I moved the seat forward to the max position. no more ass pain and my average went way up.
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yo dog you should check some of these out:



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great videos- thanks!
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Got this for the old lady:
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you're going to pull your wife around in that?
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Erik13 wrote:you're going to pull your wife around in that?
GOD DAMNIT HAHAHAHA
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