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i'm sure if you went to a dealer you could haggle the price down
Oh yeah, bikes are like headphones... never pay retail! Bike shops make about 25~30% profit on whole bikes and a lot more on accessories, so haggle accordingly. Bike shops also are counting on you going back to them for tune-ups and your other bike needs (where they make even more money from you), so sometimes they'll give you a very competitive price on the initial bike sale hoping that you'll go back to them twice a year for their $40 tune-ups.
Also, like buying cars, don't let the bike shop talk you into buying a used bike if you don't know what you're doing. Most used bike 'deals' at bike shops are complete rip-offs.
I would also advise against buying your bike from big-box stores like Wal-mart if you're thinking about it. Sure, they have prices that bike shops can't beat, but their bikes are put together in the backroom by 16 year olds in 15 minutes and most of them will have problems (brakes not installed properly, loose bolts and screws here and there) and the hassle of dealing with the problems are just not worth it for normal people. So buy in a local bike shop from people who care about bikes is the way to go.
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Not only that, it's a completely retarded suggestion.
You can definitely find a decent bike for $300. As mentioned, check out bike shops towards the end of the year (ie now) and pick up last year's model. I'm a casual mountainbiker, and the Marin I bought (for $250) serves me just fine. You won't need anything more for a 2.5 mile commute. Road bikes are more expensive though, if you decide you want one of those.
You don't need all that fancy crap, just put a straight bar on there and call it a day.
That place has the absolute best components gruppo for the buck. I know that for a fact, cause I used to work for the owner of that company. Trust me, there is no better deals out there....
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Go to a bike shop (I use The Missing Link by the way) and try out some bikes. Look for something comfortable, without mountain bike tires, and at least a few gears in the rear.
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yea i almost bought a bike over the net, then i went to a shop and was glad i did cos i was able to test some out cos the first few a tried were crap fits for me
A fixed gear bike for the Bay Area. Have fun pushing it up lots of hills. You need gears buddy - that's one thing for sure.
Do commuter bikes only have one gear or something? I seriously have no idea how these things work. Bear with me.
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well depends what you mean by "commuter" bikes, imo there's really no such thing as all bikes can be configured differently, you can get a bike with auto shifting already built in the hub and in that sense you won't have to shift gears, singlespeeds are fun bikes not really good for hilly places though i think they were originally made for velodromes (the bike arena things you sometimes see in the olympics) and then there are bikes you manually shift etc which is more flexible.. but i agree for your purposed i wouldn't get a singlespeed
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