Who's into Cycling?

[Diablo0]

Paul, I hear ya. I got hit on my way to work a year ago. It was some yong girl though; so it probably could have happened anywhere.

Wait... hit while on your bike?! How'd that go? The girl stop to check on your or anything?

I'm probably not going to ride on the road, at least not for a while. There's a route that's pretty close to us that is about 30 miles long but the roads it takes aren't exactly ones where people tend to go slow on. There's a few blind turns and would rather not have someone fly around the turn and run right into me. Gonna try to stick to the dedicated bike pathes in town, at least for a while.

I lost 30 lbs by just biking and softball... (so I'm guessing more biking)

I'm really not doing this to loose weight. I never thought I'd be saying this but I can't afford to loose much more weight before I fall into the classification of being underweight. I'm kinda on the borderline right now and depending on the chart I am underweight. I mainly just need this for cardio and build up my leg muscles.

[jckevns]

danteneon, what kind of upgrades would you recomend for what i plan on doing?

I wasn't familiar with Shimano's latest groupsets, so I had to look up what the 2.1 came with first.

The 105 groupset has always been the entry level competition set, and it looks like it still is. The 105 will give you reliable performance and decent weight.

As far as upgrade recommendations, it comes down to how much weight can you afford to lose? Lighter groupsets get very expensive very fast. The new hotness from Shimano looks to be electronic shifting. Both the Ultegra and Dura Ace line offer this. Another company to look at for components is Campagnolo, but you are talking big money there.

Wheels are another thing that can make a big difference. Not only being lighter, but having extremely smooth hubs that don't need constant adjustments are very important.

Do some window shopping at a pro store. More than likely they will have not only the group your bike will have, but also upgrades for it. Pick them up and see the difference in workmanship, weight, smoothness. Better yet, ride a bike with the higher groupset on it. It will make it a bit easier to justify the added expense.

Keep in mind that what your bike comes with is pretty good. If you don't want to upgrade right away then by all means, don't. Just enjoy your bike

thanks danteneon, i shouldve put a link to the bike for yah

i think tires will be the first think i look into upgrading, i don't want to drop a whole bunch of money on top of what i just spent for the bike

i'll have to try the bike out and see what i like and dont like