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#1 ·
I know there's a few bike enthusiastic on here, so I'll give it a shot. I'm looking for a peddly bike. I prefer a mountain bike style, but it will be used mainly for road riding. I'm 5'10. What size do I need? I would like to keep the cost under 200. It will be used for general exercise, riding to work ect.

What are things to look for. Are the ones from meijer/walmart worth it?
 
#44 ·
Look for a used Specialized maybe a Hardrock and slap some road tires on it. You should be able to pick one of these up between $200-300 and some decent road tires will run you another $40. This is a good way to put some miles on the road and in a few minutes you can swap the tires out, throw the bike in the back of the 4x4 and go trail riding.
 
#50 ·
both my little one's are racing Haro's on the BMX track, Haro still makes good bikes. JohnnyJ kids don't have the boner's for bikes like we did when we were kids, the only kids that even know if they have a cool bike are the ones I see at the bmx tracks on the weekends, or at the dirt jump's, or at the Downhill races I go to....EVERY neighborhood kid these days just rides walmart shit....

But, if you still want to spend the money on an expensive bmx bike for your boy check out something like dan's comp. They have a lot of quality brands.
 
#61 ·


http://mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109430

This one just sold but that's the level of bike you should be getting for $150-$175.
That was my first "mountain bike" Exact same color scheme and everything. Paid $600 or $500 OTD, and rode that bike HARD for a number of years. I sold it last fall for $50. I regret it to this day, I wish I would have upgraded the fork and turned it into a single speed.

Something like that is a great bike for what most of you guys sound like you want to do.
 
#74 ·
Is that the same bike that I have $40 of my own money / parts invested? You damn jackass.
Yes, I sold it to a kid who was trying to find a bike so he could join the high school cycling team. He had posted up on mmba.org

At first I thought I was being all nice and charitable, but after never hearing back from the kid and knowing if he ever joined his high school mountain biking team like he and his dad had promised and gotten updates I'm just feeling like a sad panda.
 
#75 ·
Yes, I sold it to a kid who was trying to find a bike so he could join the high school cycling team. He had posted up on mmba.org

At first I thought I was being all nice and charitable, but after never hearing back from the kid and knowing if he ever joined his high school mountain biking team like he and his dad had promised and gotten updates I'm just feeling like a sad panda.
Did you start a whiny bitchy thread about it on mmba.org?:teehee:
 
#85 ·
Older Dawes are made in England and are pretty good bikes. The newer ones have no affiliation to the previous company. If memory serves, the new ones are Chinese junk. But even crappy bike companies put out a good bike now and then. You would need to look at the components and the frame material.
 
#102 ·
Well, day 6 I think of owning this bike. I've only ridden 3 days, and did 7.15 miles, and 8.35 miles and 2.23 miles (one way to work, here till 2am) Legs are starting to feel better. Over all, very happy with this bike. Have added a mileage/speed computer, front and rear LED lights.
 
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