I have enough bicyles around to last if I live to eighty and rode one every day. I have a lot of bike lights. Come in very handy at night riding home from work. You must see and be seen. Although sometimes being seen makes an easier target for the yahoo driver. Sorry for the sacasim. But even if you only ride in the daytime a light will help you be seen to the nice drivers!
Been riding to work and around to where I need to go. Have only put 1500 miles on the automobile in the last six months. Try that. You however may live farther to work than I do. You may also like to "get out and around". From what I see though is that a lot of people seem to spend most of their time in a two, five or ten mile radius. All reachable on a bicyle.
I am no racer. Move along about ten of fifteen miles an hour at best. Yesterday I seen a guy in spadex riding a racing bike through the shopping plaza I work at twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. Glad no one was backing out of a parking spot. He would have been hurt very badly. Guess that is his kick. If he knew how bad it hurts to get backed over by a Buick or Mercury, he would slow down!
Not only do I have more bikes than I need. I have all these tires. Most real bicycle people would think them not worthy of saving. But I do. They are not totally gone. I just get bored with them. I know that people with social skills do not have this problem. I do. There is a pragmatic twist to this. Tires really affect the way a bike rides. I have been going though a construction zone for a year. Certain tires do not fair well in certain conditions. So I switch to what works.
I have several sets of tires that have never seen the sunlight. I have sets that I have taken off because I have had a flat and just chenged to others that I have for that bike. Some folks could only wish that they had such problems.
Anyway. My freind offered me a set of Michelin City Plus tires. They are bullitproof. They did not fair well in the construction zone due to their road nature. I returned them to him. After giving him the $40 or so of the $70 he paid for them. They do however look new.
So I am thinking about bicyle tires again. I get on bikenashbar, performance bikes, and universal. I guess I really don't have much to do. Anyway. Bike Nashbar has a deal going on now for their house brand tires. Fifty percent off. I have Nasbar tires on the mountain bike (Streetwise replacing five year old Tiara City Slickers still in good shape but had a flat and chnged out). The mountain is a Trek 800. Nashbar Transition I bought on a whim because they were only $5 apeice on closeout with Kevlar. These replaced the Michelins my freind said he didn't need. At least he only has $30 in them now.
I just ordered 2 700x35 Steetwise for the hybrid or old Raleiegh I switched to 700s. And a set of Nashbar Comfort tires. 700x32 (which I am told run narrow). So I have four tires coming in the mail. Nothing more exciting than getting something in the mail. Nashbar also has some great prices on tubes. Four tires for $ 30 and some change. That included shipping and taxes. I do not mind paying taxes. Do you? They will charge you tax.
So anyway. I am anouisly awaiting my shipment of tires that I could have lived without. But I will have them anyway. Paid for. In the bank. As far as lights go I like Cateye. There are better. But I just found a Cateye EL 410 on Ebay. I bought it. This is a good light. Waterproof to fifty meters. I won't care much if I get in fifty meters of water. But in a rainstorm or 10 feet that would be nice.
If you do not have to be brand concious. Try the Nashbar. They aren't bad!
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