Kristie L
Hi,
I need a road bike for an 18 mile race two weeks away. Other than that I will use it on a bike path and the road about 2 miles at a time. I really want a cheap bike, no more than $300. But now that Iâm researching, the one bike I thought I would get, the GMC Denali Women's Road Bike, people say itâs not a good bike. I cannot spend a lot of money. What will work? I really donât like that straight bar from the handle to the seat. Can I get away with a more angled bar? As a kid, I remembered borrowing a âboysâ bike and finding that bar annoying.
Also, this is a triathlon I doing. I will swim ½ mile first. I donât care about time or winning, as long as Iâm within what they allow. I just want to cross the finish line. I noticed that they sell triathlon suits good for all three parts of the race. Do people really leave a wet suit on for biking or do some people change into dry clothes? Is a wet bathing suit really uncomfortable will biking, running?
Thank you.
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The Denali you mentioned is not a very good bike, I've seen them at Wally Mart ... BUT if you will hardly ride it then sure it's fine to get, it will work and for the ocassional 15 minute ride it's more than fine. Really cheap road bikes are very hard to find.
Many bikes are sold with a sloping top tubes now. The top tube slopes down towards the seat. That could be an option in many brands of bikes.
Isn't there anyway you could borrow a bike for this one time event? 18 miles isn't very long and to buy a bike that you really won't use seems a waste. Some bike shops will rent a bike for the day check it out. It just depends where you live. Same thing for the Tri suit. Buy it for a couple hours use? No way. Use a swim suit and you can throw on shorts over it if your modest for the ride/run. Make sure the shorts are NOT cotton, but made of anything that dries fast.
What have you been riding to train for this? You have done a little training??? Maybe?
From what you say this is a one time short Tri you want to do . Very cool, but borrow or rent if you can. Don't buy stuff you'll never use just to look cool. Be happy you want to do this and if you make the cut off Congrates to you.
Good Luck
The Denali you mentioned is not a very good bike, I've seen them at Wally Mart ... BUT if you will hardly ride it then sure it's fine to get, it will work and for the ocassional 15 minute ride it's more than fine. Really cheap road bikes are very hard to find.
Many bikes are sold with a sloping top tubes now. The top tube slopes down towards the seat. That could be an option in many brands of bikes.
Isn't there anyway you could borrow a bike for this one time event? 18 miles isn't very long and to buy a bike that you really won't use seems a waste. Some bike shops will rent a bike for the day check it out. It just depends where you live. Same thing for the Tri suit. Buy it for a couple hours use? No way. Use a swim suit and you can throw on shorts over it if your modest for the ride/run. Make sure the shorts are NOT cotton, but made of anything that dries fast.
What have you been riding to train for this? You have done a little training??? Maybe?
From what you say this is a one time short Tri you want to do . Very cool, but borrow or rent if you can. Don't buy stuff you'll never use just to look cool. Be happy you want to do this and if you make the cut off Congrates to you.
Good Luck
Why does ever-body say baja's dirt bikes are bad for motocross?
Caleb
The suspension is fine i have jumped my baja 90cc dirt bike all the time.(good air) They also say the acceleration is bad, are you kidding me its just like a normal dirt bike's acceleration. My Friend has a honda 80cc dirt bike and we mess around race and sometimes i win the starts and some time he does. Some one tell me why people think there so bad.
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Look Caleb I baja 90cc is a horrible bike to race. You have asked this question many times (which is ok but it gets old). I promise you if you race motocross with a 90cc baja you will not do good unless everybody else crashes. What is your good air you say you get? Probabbly no more that 5 feet. In motocross racing even in the beginner class you are jumping 15 feet high and 120 feet in distance. I am not joking your bike would break in half if it jumped that high which I dought it would even do. On a motocross track it is very loamy dirt. I ride a crf250r and it is a racing bike and is very hard to get through the dirt. Your baja would get stuck. The acceleration on your bike is not good enough for racing. You are probablly around 12 so you should be riding a 85cc 2 stroke out there. Those have good accelreation and is a racing bike. Trust be the accelration is not good. I
f you are racing with your freind and he has an 80cc and you win the starts great. You both have trail bikes though and on the starting gate of a motocross race (even in the beginner class) you are going agaist bike that are 85cc screaming 2 strokes that are made to race. I promose you a baja 90cc or any baja bike is not made to race. Go to a motocross track by you and watch how everybody races. You will see your bike is not good enough. On a motocross track in your class you are racing about 50 mph which your bike may be able to go that fast but the suspension, frame and everything on your bike could not take that abuse. Trust me Caleb a baja is not made to race. If you want to race look at buying a cr85, rm85, kx85, 85sx, yz85, or even a 4 storke crf150R. You many be thinking these bike only have 5 more cc than mine. Yes but these are liqued cooled bike with very good suspension and are fast, acceleration is good, and they have strong engines. That is why a Baja 90cc is a bad bike to race.
When I first wanted a dirt bike at 12 years old I wanted a bike for $1000 or less. I went up to some auto parts store and saw a baja 125. I told my dad I wanted it. He said are you sure and I said yes. We went home and though about it and I decided not. My dad reommended at kx100 instead. I though that bike is not good enough for racing but it was. That bike was $1200. It was much better, stronger, faster, better handeling, better suspension, than a baja. I am very glad I got the kx100 because I could race it on a motocross track(not just with friends in my back yard). I now got a crf250r and am happy. BUT TRUST ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MOTOCROSS. A BAJA 90CC CAN RACE (any dirt bike can race) BUT IS WILL NOT DO GOOD AT ALL AND WILL MOST LIKELY COME IN LAST PLACE.
Look Caleb I baja 90cc is a horrible bike to race. You have asked this question many times (which is ok but it gets old). I promise you if you race motocross with a 90cc baja you will not do good unless everybody else crashes. What is your good air you say you get? Probabbly no more that 5 feet. In motocross racing even in the beginner class you are jumping 15 feet high and 120 feet in distance. I am not joking your bike would break in half if it jumped that high which I dought it would even do. On a motocross track it is very loamy dirt. I ride a crf250r and it is a racing bike and is very hard to get through the dirt. Your baja would get stuck. The acceleration on your bike is not good enough for racing. You are probablly around 12 so you should be riding a 85cc 2 stroke out there. Those have good accelreation and is a racing bike. Trust be the accelration is not good. I
f you are racing with your freind and he has an 80cc and you win the starts great. You both have trail bikes though and on the starting gate of a motocross race (even in the beginner class) you are going agaist bike that are 85cc screaming 2 strokes that are made to race. I promose you a baja 90cc or any baja bike is not made to race. Go to a motocross track by you and watch how everybody races. You will see your bike is not good enough. On a motocross track in your class you are racing about 50 mph which your bike may be able to go that fast but the suspension, frame and everything on your bike could not take that abuse. Trust me Caleb a baja is not made to race. If you want to race look at buying a cr85, rm85, kx85, 85sx, yz85, or even a 4 storke crf150R. You many be thinking these bike only have 5 more cc than mine. Yes but these are liqued cooled bike with very good suspension and are fast, acceleration is good, and they have strong engines. That is why a Baja 90cc is a bad bike to race.
When I first wanted a dirt bike at 12 years old I wanted a bike for $1000 or less. I went up to some auto parts store and saw a baja 125. I told my dad I wanted it. He said are you sure and I said yes. We went home and though about it and I decided not. My dad reommended at kx100 instead. I though that bike is not good enough for racing but it was. That bike was $1200. It was much better, stronger, faster, better handeling, better suspension, than a baja. I am very glad I got the kx100 because I could race it on a motocross track(not just with friends in my back yard). I now got a crf250r and am happy. BUT TRUST ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MOTOCROSS. A BAJA 90CC CAN RACE (any dirt bike can race) BUT IS WILL NOT DO GOOD AT ALL AND WILL MOST LIKELY COME IN LAST PLACE.
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