| Re: Bike recommendations
$ 500 for that price just go to the local Wal-Mart
"Joe S." <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:ccseb504j6@news4.newsguy.com...
> I suspect this post will be met with varying opinions but I'd like to hear
> everyone's advice and maybe I can sort it out.
>
> I need to know which bike to buy. Here's the story.
>
> I am 60 and have been a runner for past 30 years, logging 40-50 miles per
> week, have run three marathons and countless 10K, half-marathon, etc. For
> the past five years, I have backed off on the mileage to the point that
now
> I am running under 20 miles a week -- 4-5 days a week, 3-5 miles a day.
>
> I have backed off on running for a couple of reasons:
> -- Concerns about the beating that my maturing (not aging, yet) joints are
> taking from running.
> -- Running is no longer fun, it's boring.
>
> I lift weights at my gym three days a week and I tried both aerobic
exercise
> and the stationary bike. I simply do not like aerobic exercise -- I'm not
> into spandex and a room full of 20-something blondes. The stationary bike
> is boring and there's no place to spit.
>
> I'm thinking that a bicycle is my best bet for continued aerobic
exercising
> with a little fun and change of scenery built in. Maybe this info will
> help.
>
> -- I'm 6-1, weigh 200 pounds, most of the weight in my chest, shoulders,
and
> back.
> -- I will use the bike as follows:
> *** Ride for conditioning instead of running; plan to ride at the same
time
> I run -- between 0430 and 0530 in the morning; on a local road -- wide
road,
> broad shoulders, almost no traffic, excellent surface, moderate hills. I
> need something that will make me work to get my breathing and heart rate
> pumping and keep it there.
> *** Occasionally ride on a smooth trail -- some of you may be familiar
with
> the Virginia Creeper Trail outside of Damascus, VA.
> *** When the weather is mild, commute 3 miles one-way to/from work.
>
> Our 38th wedding anniversary is coming up and my wife has said she will
buy
> a bike for me, limit $500.00.
>
> So, what do you suggest?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Joe S.
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