| Re: Bike recommendations
"Churchill" <yes@yes.com> wrote in message
news:lPjIc.1576$RD4.244282@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> $ 500 for that price just go to the local Wal-Mart
I hope other responses will be serious and helpful.
Thanks, anyway.
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Joe S.
>
> "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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