Amazing!!!
07-02-18, 02:08 PM
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Amazing!!!
I just got back from a 6 mile ride on my Giant Contend 1 and all I can say is...WOW,going from a 40 year old 35lb Schwinn to this blows my mind..sooo much easier to ride and quiet,like going from a 40 year old whoopty to a new Lexus,got the shifting down with these new fangle type shift levers too and Im REALLY thrilled with my new bike!!
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I felt the same way when I went from my old Walmart mountain bike to my hybrid. It was like going from a 30 year old Ford pickup to a new Cadillac.
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There is no "w" in any version of hooptie I have ever come across.
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Eventually you'll stop reaching for the down tube shifters. But then when you ride your old bike, you'll try to shift with the brakes.
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You might want to buy a set of dumbbells to replace the workout your arms were getting lifting that Schwinn.
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Oh... the beginning of the slippery slope. You might as well just give up now.
Wait till you go on a group ride, and someone shows up on a 15 pound race machine!!
Wait till you go on a group ride, and someone shows up on a 15 pound race machine!!
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yeah but he cudda been a contender!
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I just got back from a 6 mile ride on my Giant Contender 1 and all I can say is...WOW,going from a 40 year old 35lb Schwinn to this blows my mind..sooo much easier to ride and quiet,like going from a 40 year old whoopty to a new Lexus,got the shifting down with these new fangle type shift levers too and Im REALLY thrilled with my new bike!!
