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Originally Posted by azncreationz
Are you saying I have a disease, since I have 40 bikes? Don't worry, I'm riding for a cure.
I don't know about cutting out the low stuff and going directly to a top line carbon fibre bike. What if he doesn't enjoy it, then he would have sunk a bunch of money into something that he can't get back. That's like saying, I shouldn't have bought a Corolla* and head straight to the Lamborghini dealership. Some people just want to 'test the waters' and get a bike to ride around the seawall, running errands, or down to the coffee shop. A full out carbon bike would definitely be overkill. I'm not advocating to get a Canadian Tire special, but at least something decent to get started on. Different strokes/different folks.
*Sadly, I do own a Corolla.
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Hah! no, just meant to say that a collection of bikes grow like a disease. Sooner or later, I might have 40ish bikes myself.
I say only cut out the lower end stuff but only if you know for sure you're going to get really into it.
In hindsight I would have cut the lower end stuff and went straight for something higher end if I knew what I wanted for sure. Which is why I suggested shopping at sportchek as they do have some decently priced bikes that are quite a bit better than a Canadian tire stuff.
The first bike I had in a long time was a 19 year old green Woman's Pathfinder Canadiana that I got for free from a garage clean out and I loved it and rode the crap out of it and loved it, then I started going up from there.
I guess it just depends on budget.