Help me pick a bike!

FLSTF Fat Boy Softail | Cruiser Motorcycles | Harley-Davidson USA

 

This!

 

Ended up getting a Giant Defy. Before you cringe about the lack of 105 set, I much preferred the seating position on the Giant which suited my long distance needs.

 

Not to bad of a pick deff not on the same level as the allez but it fits your needs and im sure you will get lots of good saddle time out of it congrats!

 

psh! those bikes are for pansies, get a real bike like this.

Slash 9 - Trek Bicycle

this is a slightly newer version of the one i ahve and i love it! also got a haro dirt jumper, great little bike. of course one thing you never want to do is buy a bike new, they lose value faster than a freaking foreign car.

Haro Bikes - Freestyle MTB - Steel Reserve 1.8

 

lets see you ride more more then 15-20 miles at a time on either of those at a 23mph pace then see who has a pansies bike.

FWIW i have Specialized Bicycle Components : Stumpjumper FSR Comp this out in the garage also

 

nice bike!

my thought process is a mountain bike you can rider anywhere, snowy trails, extremely rocky terrain, or just a paved bike trail or road. whereas a road bike you are extremely limited, only to very smooth paved trails and sidewalks.

lets see you ride 5 miles on some rocky moab trails on one of those bikes

 

lol thanks and that's what i have my mnt bike for when i wanna tear some stuff up nothing like the endurance of a road biker though.

 

Yeah, the Allez's reach was a bit too long and I couldn't do more than 15 miles in it.

 

a few years ago i did a multi terrain bike race from colorado springs to denver. im not saying it was not hard but it proves that a mountain bike is just as capable at going long distances though. however a road bike will do it much quicker.