I can't know her (or anyone else's!!!) motivation, desires, intention or financial situation, but it just seems that buying a good middle of the road do-everything versatile bike for a first "adult" bike is a good idea. Try it out in a bunch of different situations; club rides, commuting, CC touring, rough-stuff. Then find out what you really like and more importantly what you really are using it for. Then buy a bike that's a bit more specialized in that area. Either keep the original bike for a back up to the dedicated one, or sell it to subsidize the new one. Everyone's a winner!
I'd throw the Gunnar "Sport" for a MUSA brand and the Black Mountain Cycles "Road" as an indie brand into the mix as well. Of course contrary to what *I *think is best, most people in this situation end up w/ a racey Tre-iant-alized. On Friday, May 18, 2012 6:28:34 AM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The woman in question didn't buy a bike from me yet, but the Pacer, > Cross-check, and San Marcos were the three I showed her. Most of the > problem is not "speed", but wanting to fit in with the clubby roadies she > imagines she'll ride with someday. And those guys have preached a different > sort of gospel about carbon being a magical substance that makes everything > about bike riding better. I used to ride my Atlantis with 50 mm Big Apples, > fenders, a rack, a grocery pannier, and flat pedals on a weekly ride like > that. At least half my conversations on those rides involved my companions > trying to sell me on the trappings of the faux-racer. And I was the one who > was selling bikes as a job (pre-HC days). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/LIoN5Hn1UFIJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
