I want to ride my bicycle

[gridlore]

OK, here's the situation.

To get to and from the job I hope to have soon (El Paseo limo, for those not keeping track) I'm going to need a bicycle. Luckily, my sister had a bike that she rode perhaps three times. Bad news, it had been stored outside, and was a rusted hunk of metal. Chain, gears, even the seat post were almost fused. Not worth paying to fix, since the rust was obviously into the frame.

So, I'm now pricing bikes. CostCo had a couple of good ones for around $160. Since I'm not paying for this, I'm trying to see if I can get a better deal somewhere. Onward to Target's website!

Addition at 1855 I think I found a good one. Could the bicycle literate tell me what they think of this:

http://www.kmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=979080&cp=887571.887567&parentPage=family

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hit a bike store near a college or university. Look for a used bike made by a company like Giant, Specialized, Cannondale etc. You can probably find a decent used MTN bike made of chrome-moly or aluminium for that price, and they'll weigh a LOT less than a Huffy or Dept. store bike (Huffys are make out of lead... okay, maybe not lead, but cheap tensile steel).

For commuting, you should ditch the MTN bike's knobby tires and get City Slickers - they've got a kevlar belt and that'll help prevent flats.

Get a helmet and use it. When I was a bike messenger, I was jumped by three guys once, and believe it or not, the helmet actually helped me from getting my protect me from a couple of punches - hell, I heard they are even good if you get into accidents too...

Good luck amigo.

-Tom