I've had a casual bicycle for some time and upgraded yesterday to a KHS Flite 280. I wanted something decently affordable, lightweight (see below), and a road bike.
Went to Uptown bikes as I don't live far from there and had a decent experience.
The motivation? We just moved to Sheridan/Lawrence and felt my basic bike was a bit of a burden to get up/down from the vertical storage at our building and my previous bike wasn't fun to ride.
Now I'm doubting my bike purchase as I'm not super educated on bicycles and felt Uptown had such a limited inventory, maybe I didn't get the bike I needed.
I had a modest ride yesterday on the path and went from Lawrence --> Diversey and back. About 7 miles. Not terribly long, but I'm new and we all start somewhere.
Any feedback on being new to Chicago biking and/or the bike?
Cheers!
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Hi Megan-
While I can't speak to your new bike purchase, (fit is important for comfort, etc.), I can tell you that the archives here will answer most any question you can think of about biking in Chicago. Take some time to go through the years of threads and posts from cyclists of all stripes/experience levels from all over Chicagoland and welcome to the Chainlink.
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