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[ktron]

i think i'm shopping for a bicycle. i haven't had one since i moved up here; the bike i had in cookeville spent the winter outside and rusted enough that i didn't want to deal with moving it.

since i'm now gainfully employed and living in a house with a garage, there's no longer a pressing need to automatically default to the cheapest bike i can find.

but i don't have a big budget, either.

anyone have any advice? what features are important if one desires to be a casual bicycling hobbyist? i know i want the quick-release front wheel so i can stuff it in my car and go someplace with less traffic, and i'm pretty sure i'll go for a mountain bike over a road bike since i'm not so much on the racing but could forseeably want to tackle rougher terrain. but other than that i'm kinda clueless. help?

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[ktron.livejournal.com]

neat-o, mucho thanks, will certainly have to try driving down that way. and maybe, if he ever comes to visit, dragging over my dad the bike nut who i didn't think to ask until you and norma mentioned parental bikers. (i work in lenoir city, and a lot of people i work with drive from there, so it can't be that far, right?) good find on the schwinn, too -- my first ten-speed was a schwinn :) alas it's too little for me now. actually, what got the whole drooling over bikes things started here was happening to notice a mispriced schwinn at the wal-mart in lenoir city... i eventually decided that even though it was cheaper than it ought to be, the lack of quick-release wheels plus being a bit banged up made the bike at wal-mart a little less than ideal.