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      02-21-2008, 07:03 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by Josh49 View Post
I've been doing a bunch of research on bikes lately. Ideally I would want a road bike, but the cheapest ones usually are ~$700 or so. I don't know if I would drop that much on a bike..

They sell "comfort bikes" which are sort of like mountain bikes in stance but they have more of a road type wheel, materials. So you have less rolling resistance, etc. These can be found in the ~$300 range or so, so I might try one of these.. This is what I had in mind:

http://cycleloft.com/itemdetails.cfm...gId=39&id=4006

Again, I'm a complete bike noob.. Feel free to offer your advice..

Commute (one-way) is 7 miles.
Sorry, I don't know a whole lot about bikes. My buddies are really into it and they both ended up with Gary Fishers after doing their research. They both did mention Trek's are very very good especially once you start to drop some coin. Neither really use their bikes for commuting to work though, just for some weekend warrior activities.

Sorry I can't be more help
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