HardPlant
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Hello, a year ago i was sitting in this forum asking for people how to lose weight, i had a big weight problem, i was 117kg/266 pounds. Then later on i found out about durianrider and i went vegan and now a year later i weight 88kg. He is a very big inspiration to me and hes a very good rider.
I want to keep on going and lose more weight, i am really interested in freeride mountain biking and such but where i live there are not any good tracks for such things, so i was wondering on buying a road bike, right now i have a Scott 60 which is a budget hybrid bike... It's just a regular bike okay. So i was thinking i want a road bike instead, they look so cool and when i see people riding them it seems so effortless. I know they are very fit and the bikes are also pretty lightweight, Ofcourse roadbikes range from 500€ - 5000€ or even more, so there are aluminium bikes and fancy carbon bikes. I dont want to be in a gym or go running, i want to do what interests me, and i think biking of any kind is awesome and i think more people should dump there cars and start using bikes more, even though i am a huge car enthusiast.
Im still chubby from the outside but whenever i see people ride roadbikes they always have spandex and the whole combo, i would look ridiculous in spandex, so im wondering if it's weird to ride a roadbike without spandex? If my memory isn't lying to me i think i have never seen anyone ride a roadbike with everyday shorts and sneakers, but i may be wrong. Im 6'1/187cm. What do you think would be a good beginner roadbike?
http://www.hawaii.ee/index.php?id=86660&product=1851 This costs 600€, Is it good? The page is in estonian but you get the overall view. Oh by the way which is overall a better bike maker, Scott or Trek? Thanks everyone, i know this is kind of a long thread but i couldn't stop
I want to keep on going and lose more weight, i am really interested in freeride mountain biking and such but where i live there are not any good tracks for such things, so i was wondering on buying a road bike, right now i have a Scott 60 which is a budget hybrid bike... It's just a regular bike okay. So i was thinking i want a road bike instead, they look so cool and when i see people riding them it seems so effortless. I know they are very fit and the bikes are also pretty lightweight, Ofcourse roadbikes range from 500€ - 5000€ or even more, so there are aluminium bikes and fancy carbon bikes. I dont want to be in a gym or go running, i want to do what interests me, and i think biking of any kind is awesome and i think more people should dump there cars and start using bikes more, even though i am a huge car enthusiast.
Im still chubby from the outside but whenever i see people ride roadbikes they always have spandex and the whole combo, i would look ridiculous in spandex, so im wondering if it's weird to ride a roadbike without spandex? If my memory isn't lying to me i think i have never seen anyone ride a roadbike with everyday shorts and sneakers, but i may be wrong. Im 6'1/187cm. What do you think would be a good beginner roadbike?
http://www.hawaii.ee/index.php?id=86660&product=1851 This costs 600€, Is it good? The page is in estonian but you get the overall view. Oh by the way which is overall a better bike maker, Scott or Trek? Thanks everyone, i know this is kind of a long thread but i couldn't stop
. I can't really advise you on a suitable choice of road bike, though, as I only just bought my 1st road bike in November, after many years of using a touring bike. I can tell you that the road bikes are faster than tourers/hybrids/MTBs, etc. because they're lighter and more aerodynamic (although my touring bike is faster on the down hills! 
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