A commuter bike from Trek or Cannondale.
05-12-14, 07:12 PM
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A commuter bike from Trek or Cannondale.
Seriously, my LBS's selections are just Cannondale and Trek and that is it. Its road bikes start at 700 dollars and I really need one for commute and fitness. Recommend some to me.
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If you want to use the bike for fitness as well as commuting, I would get the Trek 7.2 FX
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Get a cross bike. If you live in the greater Chicago area, you have a lot more choices than either Cannondale or Trek. In any case, the shop you prefer does business with Quality bicycles so you should be able to pick up a surly cross check which would make a fine commuter as well as a fine all rounder for general fitness riding.
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Get a cross bike. If you live in the greater Chicago area, you have a lot more choices than either Cannondale or Trek. In any case, the shop you prefer does business with Quality bicycles so you should be able to pick up a surly cross check which would make a fine commuter as well as a fine all rounder for general fitness riding.
The Surly Cross Check is top of the line, as far as I'm concerned!
At your price point, I'd recommend the Motobecane Fantom CX bike from Bikesdirect @ $570
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