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<blockquote data-quote="dirty_old" data-source="post: 1348738" data-attributes="member: 11935"><p>All the other recommendations are solid, find a good used bike!! no question about it.. but as a beginner a good used bike can be hard to evaluate, lots of choices and a lot of low end junk can sneak by as "mid grade" even on the used market. the advice by 911 above is spot on but he doesn't explain how he came upon the recommendation.</p><p></p><p>His advice is a skinny tire "commuter" aka "hybrid" bike which means it is a all around bike with an upright seating position. This is generally speaking the most practical bike for a lot of people, fine on roads and gravel type trails. You will appreciate the SKINNY TIRES if you try to cover any distance. You will appreciate the fact that overall it's relatively LIGHTWEIGHT. That bianchi may be a little on the expensive side used (due to the name- a little like porsche), but if you can't find a $100 bianchi, plenty of similar choices steel or aluminum frame from the likes of trek, specialized, giant, raleigh, cannondale, fuji, etc. No need to go newer, 80's through 2000's vintage is where I'd look for a good condition garage queen type $100 used bike, personally( 70's too if we're talking road bikes). A lot of the "newer" stuff by even seemingly well respected brands could be harder to evaluate as a novice.</p><p></p><p>With the hybrid / commuter, you will be more likely to get seriously into biking vs starting with a fat tire mountain bike or a clunky cruiser aka "Schwinn". You might find that you love riding fast, and you might want to get a road bike (bullhorn curved handlebars) asap, but then you would still appreciate the hybrid/commuter type bike as well.</p><p></p><p>To start off you can go with any style of bike frame, but stick with "relatively lightweight" and the skinny tires- a "cruiser" frame, a (straight handlebar) mountain bike without suspension, or a road bike can all be found with skinny wheels and tires.</p><p></p><p>So go to a bike shop or even a retail store,and sit on a few mid to high end bikes. Decide if you want a road bike (curved handlebars), a mountain bike or something with a more upright seating position like a hybrid or cruiser.</p><p></p><p>(whatever you do, as 911 says, DON'T get the cheap new heavy suspension mountain bike!! Because they look identical to their higher end conterparts, and they look pretty "cool" ...so many have made that mistake. those clunkers have turned way too many people off from bikes, and plenty of cheap junkers on the used market as well. only consider a decent or better suspension mountain bike (probably $150-300usd used range is do-able) if you will be riding it primarily down the side of mountains...</p><p></p><p>At 6ft4 you'll want a ~60cm or larger road bike frame size, and a 22" mountain bike frame size. That's measured from the top of the frame seat tube to the center of the bottom bracket where the crank and pedals are passing through the frame.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dirty_old, post: 1348738, member: 11935"] All the other recommendations are solid, find a good used bike!! no question about it.. but as a beginner a good used bike can be hard to evaluate, lots of choices and a lot of low end junk can sneak by as "mid grade" even on the used market. the advice by 911 above is spot on but he doesn't explain how he came upon the recommendation. His advice is a skinny tire "commuter" aka "hybrid" bike which means it is a all around bike with an upright seating position. This is generally speaking the most practical bike for a lot of people, fine on roads and gravel type trails. You will appreciate the SKINNY TIRES if you try to cover any distance. You will appreciate the fact that overall it's relatively LIGHTWEIGHT. That bianchi may be a little on the expensive side used (due to the name- a little like porsche), but if you can't find a $100 bianchi, plenty of similar choices steel or aluminum frame from the likes of trek, specialized, giant, raleigh, cannondale, fuji, etc. No need to go newer, 80's through 2000's vintage is where I'd look for a good condition garage queen type $100 used bike, personally( 70's too if we're talking road bikes). A lot of the "newer" stuff by even seemingly well respected brands could be harder to evaluate as a novice. With the hybrid / commuter, you will be more likely to get seriously into biking vs starting with a fat tire mountain bike or a clunky cruiser aka "Schwinn". You might find that you love riding fast, and you might want to get a road bike (bullhorn curved handlebars) asap, but then you would still appreciate the hybrid/commuter type bike as well. To start off you can go with any style of bike frame, but stick with "relatively lightweight" and the skinny tires- a "cruiser" frame, a (straight handlebar) mountain bike without suspension, or a road bike can all be found with skinny wheels and tires. So go to a bike shop or even a retail store,and sit on a few mid to high end bikes. Decide if you want a road bike (curved handlebars), a mountain bike or something with a more upright seating position like a hybrid or cruiser. (whatever you do, as 911 says, DON'T get the cheap new heavy suspension mountain bike!! Because they look identical to their higher end conterparts, and they look pretty "cool" ...so many have made that mistake. those clunkers have turned way too many people off from bikes, and plenty of cheap junkers on the used market as well. only consider a decent or better suspension mountain bike (probably $150-300usd used range is do-able) if you will be riding it primarily down the side of mountains... At 6ft4 you'll want a ~60cm or larger road bike frame size, and a 22" mountain bike frame size. That's measured from the top of the frame seat tube to the center of the bottom bracket where the crank and pedals are passing through the frame. [/QUOTE]
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