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<blockquote data-quote="Big Rick" data-source="post: 1548877" data-attributes="member: 19656"><p>Getting your feet wet is good, saving money is also good. That being said, don't buy a brand new bike, buy a used bike off the craigslist. You will be getting more for your money, if $250 is your budget then look for a bike that is in your budget that is used. the resale value for a good used bike is not always that high. It's likely that you, with a little patience, can get a couple years old, barley used, aluminum frame bike with medium grade components for half the money as a new bike.</p><p></p><p> If you get a low end bike that is cheep, like the mongoose, It will save you money, and you will get into shape alot faster because of all the extra work you will be doing, (the weight of the bike), pushing that thing up hills will be alot of work. It is also likely that you will want to upgrade the bike very soon after you start riding it so the money you spend on it will be a waist. </p><p></p><p> Low end bikes tend to be not as much fun to ride so you don't ride as often. the component package tends to be very finicky and not stay in tune for very long , making it less fun to ride. learning to tune your bike is not hard but it's still not fun to have to constantly manually adjust your derailers and brakes because you want to ride your bike and want it to shift, and / or stop when you want it to. that is just my two cents , which is only worth about .01</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Rick, post: 1548877, member: 19656"] Getting your feet wet is good, saving money is also good. That being said, don't buy a brand new bike, buy a used bike off the craigslist. You will be getting more for your money, if $250 is your budget then look for a bike that is in your budget that is used. the resale value for a good used bike is not always that high. It's likely that you, with a little patience, can get a couple years old, barley used, aluminum frame bike with medium grade components for half the money as a new bike. If you get a low end bike that is cheep, like the mongoose, It will save you money, and you will get into shape alot faster because of all the extra work you will be doing, (the weight of the bike), pushing that thing up hills will be alot of work. It is also likely that you will want to upgrade the bike very soon after you start riding it so the money you spend on it will be a waist. Low end bikes tend to be not as much fun to ride so you don't ride as often. the component package tends to be very finicky and not stay in tune for very long , making it less fun to ride. learning to tune your bike is not hard but it's still not fun to have to constantly manually adjust your derailers and brakes because you want to ride your bike and want it to shift, and / or stop when you want it to. that is just my two cents , which is only worth about .01 [/QUOTE]
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