Re: Buying a bicycle
For 500 dollars get a specialized, giant, or trek. They are all basically the same bike with the same components. Get whatever your local shop sells because they will usually do tune ups free for a year.
Nicer bikes dont usually come with pedals and if you are doing a tri. clip in pedals make a big difference to give you more power.
If you are going to be riding alot spend a little more and get a 1000 dollar bike which is much much nicer than a 500 dollar one.
They get nicer at every level. 500,1000,1500,2000 but the jump between 500 and 1000 is pretty huge. You can get things like carbon fiber forks which are nice.
Remember to get a seat that does not make you go impotent. I dont know how much of that is hype or marketing but it's something i dont want to mess with.
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