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Running With Scissors
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    Number of posts : 156
    Age : 33
    Location : Georgia
    Mile Time : 5:41
    Class : 09!
    5000m XC Time : 19:33
    Registration date : 2008-06-25
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    Post by Love For Running Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:53 pm

    Hey guys,
    I'm planning on getting a bike for my birthday which is very soon so I went out looking today and heres the deal.
    I want a bike for fun and for cross training that I can mainly ride on paved roads, but i also want to occasionally ride on mountain bike trails. The guy at the bike store said if i got a "hybrid" bike and used it to trail bike it would tear up the bike.
    So i then thought about the option of getting a mountain bike and getting an extra set of road wheels. But i still want to be able to ride at a decent pace on the roads.
    Do any of you guys have bikes and/or any idea what the best plan is?
    Oh, and the trails I would be doing aren't too intense, and I'd do then probably once a month.
    We were looking at the Giant Brand bike, any of you have one of these?
    Thanks
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    Number of posts : 563
    Location : US of A
    Mile Time : i like to do stuff
    Class : funny
    Registration date : 2008-06-03
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    Post by ND XC 23 Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:18 pm

    i havent gotten a new bike since i was in like 6th grade. so i dont know much about bikes. when i want to cross train i go to the gym and do a spin class or stationary bike
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    Running With Scissors
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    Number of posts : 4345
    Age : 32
    Location : Pennsylvania
    Mile Time : 4:42
    Class : 2010
    5000m XC Time : 16:45
    Registration date : 2008-05-22
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    Post by Running With Scissors Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:49 am

    I have a mountain bike i bought for 50 dollars at walmart 5 years ago. And a speed bike for roads that my uncle just got me for my birthday because I told him I was doing a triathalon sp? and he saw I only had a mountain bike
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    Number of posts : 3314
    Age : 32
    Location : HK
    Class : 2010
    800m Time : 2:28
    5000m XC Time : 20:36
    Half-Marathon Time : 1:50
    Registration date : 2008-05-22
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    Post by alex-likes-running Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:52 am

    i got a bike for christmas like 3 years ago.
    i think i've taken it out like 10 times lol...i dont really like biking
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    Registration date : 2008-05-23
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    Post by Wow Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:43 pm

    ATribeCalledGreg wrote:Sounds like he's taking you for a ride yaddidamean?

    LOL

    Ghost ridin da whip...

    Keak da sneak...

    e40..

    macdre...

    Hyphy...

    yeeeeee.....

    Voted def =]
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    Number of posts : 427
    Registration date : 2008-06-19
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    Post by ButterySmoothStride Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:53 pm

    just get a road bike. you can get a decent one for 400-500. mountain biking is overrated.
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    Number of posts : 653
    Age : 33
    Location : Connecticut
    Mile Time : Cashier
    Class : HARD FUCKING CORE
    Registration date : 2008-05-28
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    Post by NotChangingUntilSub5 Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:56 pm

    I AM HERE TO RIDE BIKE.

    But for serious, just get a mountain bike, the road performance is pretty much the same unless you want an 8,000 dollar road bike. Not to mention, I don't know why performance would be super important. Unless you are looking into getting VERY VERY competitive at biking, even a trashy bike is fine.
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    Number of posts : 4345
    Age : 32
    Location : Pennsylvania
    Mile Time : 4:42
    Class : 2010
    5000m XC Time : 16:45
    Registration date : 2008-05-22
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    Post by Running With Scissors Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:57 am

    RawBeginner wrote:just get a road bike. you can get a decent one for 400-500. mountain biking is overrated.

    yeah racing bikes are so fast compared to my old mountain bike
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