buy a bike

I found a bike that I really like. I had a skirt on though, too short to ride a bike around in, which Im glad because I think I would have bought it on the spot. Its about $100 more than I wanted to spend, but its also much lighter.
Maybe tomorrow?
Im trying to hold off but I dont want them to sell out.

Looking for a cyclocross bike. God are they expensive. I may have to settle on a road bike and tell NG to stick it (he is whining that if I have a road bike I wont be able to go the places that he wants to go, since he has a mountain bike.)
The guys in the bike shop told me to look for a road bike with wide brakes, so that I can put fatter wheels on it.

what kinda bike should i get.
all i want it for is riding around from place to place.
getting from here to there. and just having fun getting places!

I went all the way to Littlehampton to look into buying a Dutch style bike. Then I checked out a Pashley. The Batavus Brighton is the one for me, but right now I can’t afford one. Plus, I need to sell my existing bike which is too small for me anyway…

and ride it. I don’t like helmets, who does, but I’ll wear it. I’ll feel free.

...I spend $145 over 15 weeks(One college semester) to use public transportation. A bike would not only kill this cost, but allow me to deviate from the from the school-home-school-home routine without hurting my wallet.

So alas, the search begins

bought this one last Jun 28
K2 Hardtail mountain bike! yeah!

The reason I want to buy a bike is the cost of gas. Since I am homeless right now, it would be a nice way to save money. I once owned a car, a 86 firebird, I had to put 50 dollars a week in the tank just to drive 100 miles a week. The maintenace of said car was through the roof, 400 dollars for a muffler system, 30 dollar oil chanage. That was just the basic maintenace, i couldnt afford what it really needed. I ended up selling it cause it broke down. All that money just for a car. I know that chicago has a wonderful public transportation system. I still want to ride a bike cause that saves me about 90 bucks a month. It would help me get me back into shape.

in order to make this goal an actual reality i opted for extra practical (some say ugly) instead of cutting edge fancy. works for me :)

I bought a bike for $20. Its a Huffy EcoTerra – with a kickstand :) I cant decide if this is enough to cross it off my list. I think I will ride it for awhile and see. I’m pretty sure I wont need anything fancier than this to get the 5ish miles to and from most places I go.