On the market for a bicycle.

[BuzzKillington]

www.pinkbike.com

Huge classified section, and loads of great info on there.

If you go fully rigid, get a steel frame. Heavier than aluminum, yes, but it'll soak up quite alot and be relatively smooth. Aluminum is much stiffer, and tends to amplify every bump through the frame.

I couldn't afford a single bike on that site hahaha. Very nice link though, it got the mouth watering.

[Luke122]

The whole site is really hardcore riders, so it tends to be high end stuff. I did sell one of my bikes through there, and I was a member on the site for a lot of years when I was riding.

I miss riding though.. I might have to get back into it! Just need money.. and time. And money.

[xRyokenx]

Try riding a recumbent bike. Like the Bike E, for example. I have one and love it... it's too bad they don't make them anymore. That and I don't have a bike seat trying to go places it shouldn't go anymore. Nothing like a real seat, amirite?

[Luke122]

Recumbents... ugh. Comfortable or not, you look like a dork.

Thanks, I'll stick with my cruiser for now.

[xRyokenx]

Who cares how I look? So much easier to get places, easier to not get in a wreck, and if you get those shoes that clip to the pedals you can go really ****ing fast. I love my recumbent.

[xmastree]

http://forums.mtbr.com/

http://www.singlespeed.net/

[985323]

I too am looking for a new bike, however i am very rough on my bikes as i am always off road and on jumps plus am riding far everyday, basically need a very strong bike as i went through my last bike in two months. And bent the frame in half of the one before. I found this http://www.wrenchscience.com/Intense...es/Frames.html Anyways, I was wondering what you guys think as I really need a good strong bike that will last.

Will

[x88x]

Both generally, and @985323, I'd say look for a high-tensile-strength steel frame. They absorb a lot of shock, as previously mentioned, they're stronger than a standard steel frame, and they they're a LOT lighter. I got one by accident, picked it up at a yard sale a long time ago; I forget the brand, but I remember finding their website a while back and finding out that their new models start at, like, $600... Thing sat in the previous owner's barn for, like, 10 years (iirc, I think that's what they said), then I used it for almost 10 years.. only stopped because the gears started bending, dropping the chain inbetween them.