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Does anyone else enjoy bicycles?

nodle

nodle

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So I thought I would get myself a bicycle. I thought no big deal, go on Amazon or Walmart and they are pretty cheap. Has anyone looked lately? :oops: The prices are sky high right now. It must be because of the Corona virus or something. They have gone up all at least $100-$150 since last time I checked. Then to top it off they are almost out of stock everywhere I look and if you do find one the shipping times are insane as well. Guess I was thinking like everyone else.
 
I noticed other types of home exercise equipment was either really hard to find or extremely expensive. I just wanted some dumbbells, can't find most weights at Wal-Mart, and online the same brand is very expensive.
 
Well went to order my bike, and of course went out of stock. Then found a better one and said 6 in stock tossed it in cart and checked out, went back to the decription page and was already out of stock already. They are just insane to get right now. Oh well i am happy with the one I grabbed. I don't ride much anymore, will just be for some dirt roads and paved streets. Good enough for me.

 
Finally got my bike yesterday and put it together. There is some assembly required, make sure to watch your cable. Also had to adjust my front disc brake, but it's all learning. Took it for a spin in the yard and now my hip hurts (I'm getting old). Ordered a bunch of accessories for it today.
 
Now that I have been reading up on bikes some, I went home last night and took my Wife's bike out and de-greased the back sprocket and chain. I never really understood bike and I must had used a nasty grease on it and the chain was gunked up. Now I will probably dry lube the chain. Next I noticed her lower bracket it lose and gunked up. I watched some Youtube videos last night and am going to attempt to pull it apart and re-grease the bearing. Will probably do the stem bearings while I am at it.
 
Pulled the Wife's bike apart tonight, cleaned out the lower bracket and re-packed the bearings with grease, then the the lower and upper bearings in the stem as well, then adjusted both her brakes. The bike is going to be like a brand new machine now. :cool:
 
I have fully messed up my bike, wasn't shifting properly, then tried fixing the front derailleur, and no matter what can't get it to work properly. Now I have frayed my cable so am going to have to order a new one.
 
A guy came in yesterday, he runs this bike thing here in town, I asked him about electric bicycles, then he spent the next hour talking to me about them. He recommended the same brand that I was looking at and said they make the best and his wife just bought one. He said they are becoming increasingly popular and most of the bicycle meets he goes to about 80% have them now over standard bicycles. They ride all over the country and told me about different states they go to ride. We also discussed how they are becoming increasingly popular with hunters since they can cover ground and they are silent and can sneak up on animals and it's becoming an unfair advantage. He said they are defiantly the future.

 
I remember 3-4 years ago, our retired former neighbors got a couple of those bikes. They had a huge motor home, probably cost more than their nice home, and toured the country.

 
An old coworker came by today to chat this afternoon. He had an electric bike. He wanted me to try it out and I peddled around first in the parking lot. He then told me to then put it in first gear. Holy cow it was like a motorcycle. It really got up and went in just first gear. Pretty cool.
 
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