Thinking about getting a bike ...
... actually I've pretty much made the decision, a Schwinn!
I turn 50 in about 4 months and I've been stuck at 200 pounds for about 5-6 years ... I'd like to have a slimmer profile and since I'm not going to get any taller I want to get down to around 150-160.
I'm thinking, its not so much what I eat, I just need to be more active. I've already cut out most pop/soda, pasta, bread and potatoes a few years ago and don't eat a lot of fried food. Other than that I can't seem to stick to a diet ... I had a "plan" last year to loose 40 pounds, and went out and bought a elliptical (kind of like a tread mill) with a heart monitor and stuff, but after a while I just got tired of it.
Anyway I'm kinda torn; to go cheap and used to start with or just buy new, $150 for the one I'm looking at ... my Mrs. says I'll go like heck on it for about a month, then like the elliptical, it'll just start collecting dust [:0]
It seems like a lot of bikes are about the same price they were 30 years ago, you can pick up a new Schwinn for $150-$200.
I turn 50 in about 4 months and I've been stuck at 200 pounds for about 5-6 years ... I'd like to have a slimmer profile and since I'm not going to get any taller I want to get down to around 150-160.
I'm thinking, its not so much what I eat, I just need to be more active. I've already cut out most pop/soda, pasta, bread and potatoes a few years ago and don't eat a lot of fried food. Other than that I can't seem to stick to a diet ... I had a "plan" last year to loose 40 pounds, and went out and bought a elliptical (kind of like a tread mill) with a heart monitor and stuff, but after a while I just got tired of it.
Anyway I'm kinda torn; to go cheap and used to start with or just buy new, $150 for the one I'm looking at ... my Mrs. says I'll go like heck on it for about a month, then like the elliptical, it'll just start collecting dust [:0]
It seems like a lot of bikes are about the same price they were 30 years ago, you can pick up a new Schwinn for $150-$200.
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$150 is cheap! We bought my wife a new bike 7 years ago at "performance bikes" and paid $350 - and that was marked down from $500! It was like the cheapest bike they had.
Get one of those bike computers with the speedometer in it.
BTW: She has ridden it 1/2 time since we got it. It is now a decoration on our garage wall next to my Cannondale which I also don't ride.0 -
I got this one in this color a few years back (not this youth model though):
http://www.kitsapgov.com/sw/images/Trek_popup.jpg
Got my wife a matching one (different color though)
The nicer Treks have come down a lot over the years I think. I love mine. We get out quite a bit now. I think we're the only adults in our town that ride bikes though. It's a shame because we have a great bike path.0 -
My brother in law is a hardcore off-road biker.
He runs on some $3800 Iron Horse or something like that.
Congrats on your decision.0 -
A decent low end bike starts at 350.00 up.
The new Schwinns are made in China.
I have a 600.00 aluminum mntn bike that I bought used for 125.00 and it is better then the new 3-400 dollar bikes and are funner to ride.
There is a definate quality difference and the shifting braking are all smoother and more positive.0 -
for what your talking about a bike is a bike, go to wal mart get a 90 buck bike and get ridding, if it becomes your passion then look into a more expensive model, i had a grand in one before, all the parts where shimano just like my kids cheap wally world ones, and theirs are nice for the price, front and rear suspension 0 -
Get ahold of a local dietician..... Do some blood work and they will set up a diet program for you . it is well worth it. 0 -
Well I got it [:D] 
Took it for a 2 mile ride ... legs feel like spaghetti, and I'm still a little out of breath, but it was fun! I'll do a few more of those before I venture out much further.
Thanks all for the advise and encourgement!0 -
Bikes are a great way to exercise! build up the largest muscles in the body, the thighs and you will burn more calories daily. 0 -
You need a prostate friendly seat!
http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?deptID=1&subOf=7&skunum=17880&src=TSC0 -
Bikes are higher dollar than you may remember KIMBER (that rhymes!). Congrats on your goal and I hope you achieve it. 0 -
I commend your efforts, but I don't want to see you out on the Topeka streets in tight spandex shorts, eating bananas![:D][:0] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimberkid
Well I got it [:D]
Took it for a 2 mile ride ... legs feel like spaghetti, and I'm still a little out of breath, but it was fun! I'll do a few more of those before I venture out much further.
Thanks all for the advise and encourgement!
Nice bike0 -
quote:Originally posted by wundudnee
I commend your efforts, but I don't want to see you out on the Topeka streets in tight spandex shorts, eating bananas![:D][:0]
Spandex???
You don't have to worry about that ... I feel silly just wearing a helmet!0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimberkid
quote:Originally posted by wundudnee
I commend your efforts, but I don't want to see you out on the Topeka streets in tight spandex shorts, eating bananas![:D][:0]
Spandex???
You don't have to worry about that ... I feel silly just wearing a helmet!
You might want to try wearing some clothes along with the helmet.0 -
are those bull horns or handlebars 0
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