Thinking of buying two bikes. For weekends and bike holidays, alpine excursions and local singletrails: a light mountain bike. I looked at some web pages and realized that I missed twenty years of bike development. I need to talk to people.
Within the city I’d like something simple. I was frustrated when I realized that I was unable to fix my gearshift on the old bike that recently got stolen. I saw a friend of mine owns a single gear bike. It looks light & mechanically super simple. I like it.
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Reminded me of jwz’s advice. Written in his inimitable style. I’ve started biking to work 3 times a week. It’s surprisingly efficient.
– AlokSingh 2010-05-03 02:27 UTC
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Single gear bikes in Zurich still strike me as nuts. I have a maintenance free seven gear shift - not a Rohloff, but still absolutely necessary IMHO. Even with that I fail the Weinberg, I must admit.
– Harald Wagener 2010-05-03 05:30 UTC
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Agreed. Try going over Duttweilerbrücke without gears...
– Marco 2010-05-03 06:27 UTC
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I think I got around most of Zurich on my old mountain bike using the top two gears, and may a third to get up to speed. But then again I live, bathe, work, and walk down by the river.
– Alex Schroeder 2010-05-03 11:04 UTC
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I went to The Bike Store in Altstetten and bought a Trek FX 7.5 (20”) with a humongous number of gears. I’m going to regret it, but it was a nice 20% off for being an older model.
– Alex Schroeder 2010-05-03 23:03 UTC
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My bike was stolen yesterday evening.
That was short. :wry: :groan:
– Alex Schroeder 2010-05-07 08:12 UTC
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GRIM
– PhillipReay 2010-05-08 16:22 UTC
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I was ready to buy a single-gear bike, but today I got an offer for a free bike from friend. Now that’s cool!
– Alex Schroeder 2010-05-08 18:37 UTC
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WTF! Stolen in 3 days?!? Don’t forget to buy a lock that is almost as expensive as the bike ;) If you like simpel bikes, simpel.ch might be worth a look too.
– 2ni 2010-05-11 13:48 UTC
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Hm, die aktuelle Serie wirkt aber ordentlich teuer! Vielleicht ist mein Problem auch, dass ich nur auf Grund ihres online Kataloges kein Velo kaufen könnte. Ohne Probefahren? Da müsste ich vorher jemanden kennen, der so ein Velo hat. Die Beschreibung des 14 Gang Rohloff Speedhub finde ich spannend. Habe also etwas weiter geklickt und ihren “Radgeber” mal durchgeklickt:
+------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+ | frischluft sport ausgerüstet | optimist Alfine | wegwärts tour Herren | +------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+ | CHF 1680.00 | CHF 2480.00 | CHF 3480.00 | +------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+
Ich suche im Moment einfach ein Stadtvelo für ins Geschäft und an den See fahren. (Gleichzeitig suchen Claudia und ich noch ein Zweitvelo für Velofahren auf organisierten Touren, zB. diesen Herbst. Wir wollen mit ihrem Vater um eine Insel fahren. 😄 Das wird dann schon ordentlich kosten.)
Ein Kollege hat ein cooles Eingangvelo von Velotto Spezialanfertigungen; sowas würde mir noch gefallen.
– Alex Schroeder 2010-05-11 14:47 UTC