Do not buy a mountain bike for a ride around the city!

Every spring, the web there is a set of guidelines for choosing a bike, people read them with interest, and then get out of the store with a mountain bike. Why do they do it and whether they want to actually buy it?

The reasons are simple: under pressure Seller Read forgotten, turned on the desire to buy more bike for less money, and that's mountain bikes usually have the best ratio "price - equipment".

It is necessary to abandon this approach and look first to their own needs, because the imaginary economy only lead to a waste of money and nerves. See what usually happens:

1. bought a mountain bike.
2. In the load to it almost immediately imposed on the wings, because the buyer wants to be neat. They may be cheap, and 3000 rubles. If the wings are not bought at once, great chance to buy on the way home from work the wrong model. Again, the extra spending.
3. After the first pokatushki appears that sit high, wheel away leg on the ground and do not put the butt hurts.
4. And starts bullying the poor and a bicycle. Bought the seat-sofa; possibly higher wheel; seat, of course, omitted. The ride becomes not that very convenient, because with such a landing is impossible to straighten the leg. Optionally, instead of the high wheel can be purchased and delivered vertically huge horns on the steering wheel. It's ugly and traumatic: with them it is impossible to quickly move the hand brake on, and just easy to poke his stomach.
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5. At this suffering does not end there, because such a beautiful, thick, toothy tires with big labels did not roll. And in the park, and on the pavement and on the waterfront. And the owner is sent to buy their own rolling rubber, usually narrower and polysee.

Spending on the transformation of the mountain bike in the likeness Citybikes increase the purchase price by 10-30%. Interesting economy, is not it? But if we look at things more widely, consider their own needs, it can be really really save time and money. If you want a comfortable ride through parks, waterfront and just around the city, you need to buy Citybikes, cruiser or folding bicycle. They immediately shod with "slicks", almost all have full wings, to flee from the mud and water, and some are additionally equipped with a chain and light. Immediately. From the store. I bought and trips.

Need speed and the wind whistling in your ears? It offers fiksed-Gears and singlspidy, hybrids and road bikes. Do not be afraid of narrow wheels and rigid fork, they can break and bend only if vedesh the wall with all the dope. Borders is not a problem, because the speed and sidewalks are simply incompatible. And on the roadway curbs not.

You must use the opportunity to change velorynka now that there selection. Even 5-10 years ago there was no choice, the above five points are a harsh reality, even if you consciously want it a pleasure rather than a mountain bike.

Before you go shopping, think, how you will keep the bike. If every time you need to smuggle a bicycle through the apartment, and then wipe the floor, and then another, and to lower it into the hands of the fifth floor, the purchase rather quickly turn into real estate. Such problems are, incidentally, are solved buy rollers, scooter or folding bicycle. Because collapsibility - is not only able to evacuate or reach pokatushki start on the subway, but also compact storage and moving out of the apartment on the street.

And the last. Prikvartirny hall is no place for a bicycle, Stealing thousands of them out. It does not save any cool locks, doors, cameras, "reliable" neighbors and so on. Occasion, drinking, parties, while one of them, someone left the door open, and attach the bike leg.