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Originally Posted by !Nhan
where is a good place online or locally to shop for a road bike? looking to get into riding this summer and have no idea where to start.
TIA!
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Really depends on what type of road bike you are looking for.
BSP carries a nice range of Cannondales and Trek that can range anywhere from 800-$9000 bucks.
I started with a Jamis Ventura comp and I loved it. You can pick up a Jamis from SportChek for around 750 with "student" discount (thank god I still have my university ID with no expiry). To this day, I regret selling it.
If you are looking into a decent starter roadbike with no intention of upgrading for a few years, give SportChek a shot. Their Jamis line is pretty good as well as their GT line. I really enjoy riding and I bought a new bike 8 months down the road and sold my minty ventura comp for 450 to someone's friend on RS.
If you are seriously going to get into it, I say cut the low end stuff out and go direct to something with a carbon frame and a good component set, they soak up so much road harshness compared to anything alumnium. In hindsight I should have just bought a really nice bike to begin with instead of buying then upgrading. But then I never thought I'd love biking so much. Once you get into it you realize you never have enough bikes. So far I have 3 bikes and intend to get another one next year. It's like a disease really.