Triumphrat

natec

Just curious who out there is 'sharing' the good weather and spring riding between 2 wheels with pedals vs 2 wheels with an engine....

I promised my wife I would not neglect my 20spd road bike when I bought the Triumph America. So far I'm really enjoying the differences. Both are a ton of fun, and in completely different ways.

For the last 3 weeks I've ridden (commuted to the office on) the bicycle 2 days each week, and the motorcycle 2 days. I put $20 gas in my truck on the first of the month and there is still some in there

Nate

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Sooner_Scott

Yeah, another pedaler(ist?) here. I put 30 miles in on my mountain bike on saturday (off-road too - I was pooped) and about 100 in on the Bonnie.

I have a sunburn.
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d2mini

Yup, infact I just got home from work on my bicycle. I ride my Rivendell to work and back (only 25 miles roundtrip) a few days a week. I usually keep the Bonnie for the weekend. Before I started bike commuting I would go out on a saturday or a sunday and do 30-50 miles but commuting to work is more fun and gets me my exercise without cutting into my free time.
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boboso

My home purchase was based on being next to local MTB trails here in So.Cal as I ride up to three days per week or more. Though I may put more miles on the Thuxton, I spend more time on the pedals.

The New Ride (2006 Intense 5.5)



Me at 12,500 feet on the Colorado Trail (120 miles, 5 days/nights camping long the way)


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boz

Riding a bicycle makes my ass hurt. Cheers, Boz.

357Bob

Speaking of butt hurting. I guess I can ask this. I hate too though. But you started it. I love riding my T100 but have been looking at those cheap bikes at Wal Mart. I won't spend the money for a Cannodale or some other bike. I won't ride that much. But I cannot figure out how a 15 speed Mongoose or Swinn with aluminum frame & a mono-shock rear & telescoping front with disc brakes & good looking cables & controls can be ONLY $130.00.
The low price runs me off. If the same bike was setting there with a $500.00 price tag I would be more interested.
That doesn't make any sense. I didn't really ask a question did I? (oops, I did then)
But they are twin powered. (pedals)

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moschika

I ride both kinds of cycles. i'll admit though when i first got my bonnie, my road milage took a plummet. granted it was winter time so i could blame it on something else. :razz:

ever since then i've been trying to balance it out. it's kinda hard but doable. i would do a bicycle ride in the morning while still cool, then hit the streets in the afternoon. works out pretty well and you definitely get the best of both worlds. :-D

and 357Bob, it will do you good to stay away from those walmart bikes. they are that cheap for a reason... so you have some money left over for the medical bills when they fall apart from underneath you.

vol245

Nice bike. I rode Mt bikes for about 10 years and now exclusively ride a road bike. I have been burned out on it lately and don't do it as much as I used to, which was about 5000 miles a year.

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357Bob

I would expect them to fall apart. That price is cheap. But they LOOK so good. The frames are large. The controls are a known brand. Starts with an "S". A known brand but I don't know what it is. Thats dumb. I see them on everything.
But I expect they are China junk. Communist. But that is my price. I want to spend the Big bucks on Bonnie.
Shamano that's it. I went & looked at my sons Raleigh.
Thanks.

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jsdc2005

I hear these are really good:

http://www.sevencycles.com/

Not made in China.

I never understood why someone would spend all that money on a bicycle until I tried a really expensive one. They're not overpriced.