My employer will reimburse upto $500 of fitness expenses. What is a good bicycle for $500 or less. Light enough to carry on a train and a couple flights of stairs would be nice to have.
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My employer will reimburse upto $500 of fitness expenses. What is a good bicycle for $500 or less. Light enough to carry on a train and a couple flights of stairs would be nice to have.
go to a bike shop and ask the guy this exact question
do this, the guy at the bike shop will make sure you get something that fits you. you can find good used bikes online, but you really do want one that is the right size for you
Marin, Jamis, and Kona are solid city bike brands that might be around your price range. Look for an aluminum frame if you want lightweight, but a steel frame will hold up better while still being lighter than some Walmart huffy shitbike.
Also this, though. Finding a reputable LBS is valuable even if you're just using your bike to piss around town. Learning to do your own bike maintenance fricking rules but it takes a while to learn.
>a good bicycle for $500
Doesn't exist unless you buy used. But they probably won't reimburse you then. Buy one for $1000 and you will be much happier.
>Recommends paying double to the budget proposed
are you a contractor lol
OP you can get a great aluminium frame single speed fully built for below 500.
Not true
What part?
>buy used
a lot of bike shops have used gear too
>bikegay wants u to spend more money so he could stop feeling insecure about his $10k piece of steel on paper wheels
buy a pair of shoes
or a walmart bike
see if u like cycling
>walmart bike
frick no, a 15yo hardtale trail bike with fresh tires would be leagues better
Seriously why do bicycles cost only slightly less than motorcycles?
you can usually get a good road-bike set up with brakes and seat for about $300-$500
do not pay more than 5 hundo unless
>they're trying to sell you bike w/ a hipster track frame
>the frame is fiberglass or something fancy
You won't get a good new bike for 500. But you can get a pretty good used one. So get yourself a nice, used road bike, they're really fun to ride.
A used one. The minimum for a new "good" bike these days is like $1500 anyways most bike companies make very similar bikes so the brand does not matter. Get a bike with aluminum frame and carbon fork, Shimano 105 or Tiagra group (rim brakes)
>aluminum frame
aight
>carbon fork
homie, that shit implodes like its nothing
and costs a shitton
id argue get an iron frame/alu oil or fixed fork
for the gains and reliability, but these are not only rare, they dont have much in terms of swapping parts since iron frames kinda old
There's no bad bikes for your task, just check out reviews that nothing breaks. Buy a foldable one: carbon is the lightest material to carry, aluminium mid tier and steel very heavy.
>Buy a foldable one
Frick off c**t
Unless you're competing there's no fricking reason whatsoever to get carbon.
A lightweight full carbon fredsled is more fun to ride then a heavier alu or steel frame
how does it compare to magnesium?
You can always ask the guys at /n/ about this.
If for fitness and you do not live in a city plagued with heels, a singlespeed is ok.
If you do get hills, get an hybrid.
If you want to take up cycling as a sport, buy an sued road bike.
sauce?
something something fish
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Buy used bikes. Cycling is more of a richgay hobby so they always buy new, leaving their old bikes sold for cheap. My bike cost $100 but was originally bought for ~$500. They depreciate like milk on a hot day.
Thanks for the help gents? How late into year can you safely ride? I live in Boston, so it gets cold and icy here occasionally.
packed snow is fine if your tires can handle it.