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Need Advice for Bicycle
Hi All
Wonderful to be in this forum. My first post and my plan for buying my first updated bicycle and I am already excited.
I have been cycling a lot in my school days and also at work. In fact at work it was 10 kms x 2 daily commute (not out of passion but financial constraint
). I used to ride the pretty old days bicycle Atlas Goldline. This was about 7 years ago.
I am in my 40s and I am re discovering my passion for cycling. I have been cycling for the past 6 months again on my Atlas gold line. Weekends I travel about 30 kms periodically. This time no financial constraint but pure passion and for fitness. The early morning dawn break cycling sets up tone for my day.
Now I am planning to buy my first 'real' bike. I have been going through lot of cycling articles since last 2 weeks and i believe I know the basics a bit now. Like Road Bike, MTB, Hybrid etc .
I plan to cycle daily about 10 - 20 kms and on rare occasions i wish to cycle 100+ on weekends. I am 6.1 tall, 85-87 kgs. I have never operated any 'geared' bicycle, but after going through the articles, i believe HYBRID bicycle should be my choice as it gives option of both commuting on flat tarmac road and some what off road. Some of the places i cycle even now has not so smooth tarmac road with my Atlas gold line, slightly hilly ups and downs ie city outskirts single village by lanes. Of course, if the slope is bit steep, I now get down and walk the distance before the road becomes flat. Then there are highways i take sometime.
I plan to go for entry level hybrid cycle as of now went to local cycle shop and tried COSMIC SHUFFLE, MACH CITY MUNICH both 21 speed. I plan to try MONTRA TRANCE again after reading reviews.
I have also been warned by the local stores that geared ones are not good and come with high maintenance and advised to go with light weight single speed. I tried MACH CITY i bike and Btwin My Bike, they seems light and much comfortable than my present cycle.
My budget is around 12 - 13K, so i am really scratching my head what to do next. Each cycle dealer seems to promote his favourite or rather the one he gets more money. More than fancy or eye catching, I am looking for simplicity and more importantly comfort. I am not road racer but at times i push myself to increase speed as much as i can.
Some say alloy ones are the best to go for, yet some say nothing like steel if you are looking for durablilty. Techinical terms like Frame size, In seam height, Crank Set etc is getting better of me to be honest.
Sorry for the long post but i thought it is important that I let you know the back ground so that I can receive better decision from you guys. Help this new bie
Thanks
Krish
Wonderful to be in this forum. My first post and my plan for buying my first updated bicycle and I am already excited.
I have been cycling a lot in my school days and also at work. In fact at work it was 10 kms x 2 daily commute (not out of passion but financial constraint
). I used to ride the pretty old days bicycle Atlas Goldline. This was about 7 years ago.I am in my 40s and I am re discovering my passion for cycling. I have been cycling for the past 6 months again on my Atlas gold line. Weekends I travel about 30 kms periodically. This time no financial constraint but pure passion and for fitness. The early morning dawn break cycling sets up tone for my day.
Now I am planning to buy my first 'real' bike. I have been going through lot of cycling articles since last 2 weeks and i believe I know the basics a bit now. Like Road Bike, MTB, Hybrid etc .
I plan to cycle daily about 10 - 20 kms and on rare occasions i wish to cycle 100+ on weekends. I am 6.1 tall, 85-87 kgs. I have never operated any 'geared' bicycle, but after going through the articles, i believe HYBRID bicycle should be my choice as it gives option of both commuting on flat tarmac road and some what off road. Some of the places i cycle even now has not so smooth tarmac road with my Atlas gold line, slightly hilly ups and downs ie city outskirts single village by lanes. Of course, if the slope is bit steep, I now get down and walk the distance before the road becomes flat. Then there are highways i take sometime.
I plan to go for entry level hybrid cycle as of now went to local cycle shop and tried COSMIC SHUFFLE, MACH CITY MUNICH both 21 speed. I plan to try MONTRA TRANCE again after reading reviews.
I have also been warned by the local stores that geared ones are not good and come with high maintenance and advised to go with light weight single speed. I tried MACH CITY i bike and Btwin My Bike, they seems light and much comfortable than my present cycle.
My budget is around 12 - 13K, so i am really scratching my head what to do next. Each cycle dealer seems to promote his favourite or rather the one he gets more money. More than fancy or eye catching, I am looking for simplicity and more importantly comfort. I am not road racer but at times i push myself to increase speed as much as i can.
Some say alloy ones are the best to go for, yet some say nothing like steel if you are looking for durablilty. Techinical terms like Frame size, In seam height, Crank Set etc is getting better of me to be honest.
Sorry for the long post but i thought it is important that I let you know the back ground so that I can receive better decision from you guys. Help this new bie
Thanks
Krish
, I have made up my mind on COSMIC SHUFFLE 21 speed Hybrid one with 700 x 35C. I will be purchasing that this Friday, awaiting new stock arrival. Mach City Munich 21 speed was close second, and Montra Helicon was also playing up in my mind but some how, Cosmic shuffle felt better for me especially height factor. It has 28 inch tyres, I am 6ft 1and this bike this seems to fit in beautifully for me or at least i think so.
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