Originally Posted by
Charlie Ky
I'll just go to a bike shop and see what they have. I basically just want one to ride 15-20 miles a day for exercise at a local park with a loop around it with a lot of semi steep grades.
When I bought the old Schwinn cruiser I weighed 265 lbs, so flat pavement around the neighborhood was it. Today I'm down to 174 lbs and have a few more lbs of stubborn visceral fat hanging around.
I can just ride the cruiser in the park but I'd wind up walking it up a few of the steeper grades.
Go to Trek, Giant, and Specialized shops. Between shops with those 3 brands there will be a handful of smaller brands too. At $600, you can find a basic entry level hybrid with rigid fork.
Giant Escape 3 and Trek fx1 are a couple of options.