Call me crazy, but I can't escape the Escape
10-28-18, 04:30 PM
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Call me crazy, but I can't escape the Escape
So, after I lost 154 pounds a few years ago, the first 'adult bike' I purchased to get/keep me in shape was a 2014, red, Giant Escape. I rode it all the time and everywhere...and I started expanding my bike 'quiver...a carbon road bike (Felt) a fat bike (Specialized Fatboy)....and then me and my Escape were t-boned at an intersection one morning on the way to work. I had a separated shoulder and a broken ankle...but the Escape was fatally injured - it's frame twisted beyond repair. I bought a Salsa Vaya after to be my anywhere bike....and it'd been great....fantastic on gravel...but it's not as fast as the Escape..
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
10-28-18, 05:21 PM
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So, after I lost 154 pounds a few years ago, the first 'adult bike' I purchased to get/keep me in shape was a 2014, red, Giant Escape. I rode it all the time and everywhere...and I started expanding my bike 'quiver...a carbon road bike (Felt) a fat bike (Specialized Fatboy)....and then me and my Escape were t-boned at an intersection one morning on the way to work. I had a separated shoulder and a broken ankle...but the Escape was fatally injured - it's frame twisted beyond repair. I bought a Salsa Vaya after to be my anywhere bike....and it'd been great....fantastic on gravel...but it's not as fast as the Escape..
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
10-28-18, 07:02 PM
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So, after I lost 154 pounds a few years ago, the first 'adult bike' I purchased to get/keep me in shape was a 2014, red, Giant Escape. I rode it all the time and everywhere...and I started expanding my bike 'quiver...a carbon road bike (Felt) a fat bike (Specialized Fatboy)....and then me and my Escape were t-boned at an intersection one morning on the way to work. I had a separated shoulder and a broken ankle...but the Escape was fatally injured - it's frame twisted beyond repair. I bought a Salsa Vaya after to be my anywhere bike....and it'd been great....fantastic on gravel...but it's not as fast as the Escape..
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
10-28-18, 08:51 PM
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Yes. You do not understand.
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
10-28-18, 08:56 PM
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So, after I lost 154 pounds a few years ago, the first 'adult bike' I purchased to get/keep me in shape was a 2014, red, Giant Escape. I rode it all the time and everywhere...and I started expanding my bike 'quiver...a carbon road bike (Felt) a fat bike (Specialized Fatboy)....and then me and my Escape were t-boned at an intersection one morning on the way to work. I had a separated shoulder and a broken ankle...but the Escape was fatally injured - it's frame twisted beyond repair. I bought a Salsa Vaya after to be my anywhere bike....and it'd been great....fantastic on gravel...but it's not as fast as the Escape..
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
So I've been looking for....something...like the Giant Revolt Advanced ($3,300) which is an amazing piece of kit.. Yet, lo and behold, today at my LBS, they have a Giant Escape 2018 "one day" rental fleet sale for $225. So I test rode it..and all those good feelings from that first bike came flooding back. So instead of 'advancing' to the next thing, I bought the Escape...whipped out the credit card before allowing myself to think. Total impulse.
Am I crazy?
Also, my go to bike for the past couple of years has been a 2011 Giant Roam-2 I bought used for cheap. I have more expensive bikes, but for some reason the old beat up Roam is just fun to ride.
10-29-18, 05:25 AM
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Yes. You do not understand.
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
10-29-18, 03:13 PM
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You're not crazy. As someone once told me, you have to go with the one that loves you back. Ride your own ride, and have fun.
10-30-18, 07:16 PM
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Yes. You do not understand.
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
A bike with flat bars, including a flat-bar road bike, will cause you irreparable harm according to teh 'Biek Forms' hive mind. You cannot possibly like that bike; if you do, it is only because you are an inexperienced 'newbie'. 'Everyone' knows this.
You see, 'experienced' or 'serious' cyclists know what's best. You actually prefer the Salsa Vaya, you are just too inexperienced to know this. You should have bought the Anyroad; it is an 'approved' choice, but again ... .
So, you will regret your impulse buy of this bike, suitable only for 'beginners' and/or for rides of less than 10 miles, when your arms fall off. Just sayin'
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However, there is a way to convert that 'Fred machine' (aka Dad bike) into an Awesome Gravel Grinder - by simply replacing the flat handlebars with drop ones. And if you can't afford or are not willing to spend double the bikes worth on new drivetrain and brifters, you can make it into a single speed - that would actually make it even cooler (plus then it is a 'build', not a 'conversion' - and building your own bike automatically means you're an experienced pro).
