Today I am having fun with something so I thought I would share it. I have been thinking a lot about ways to cut back on the amount of gasoline our family burns. Now, our cars are pretty efficient and I can’t complain but I figure any opportunity I can take to reduce is good. So, I stopped by the bike shop to check out some ‘commuter’ bikes. They aren’t unreasonably expensive but they run close to $500. What struck me when looking at them is they resemble a hard-tail mountain bike with road tires on them. They also have taller gears, but that is neither here nor there. After making this observation I got to thinking about my old mountain bike (Trek 4500) and that since I got the DB it hasn’t been used at all. So I grabbed some 26×1.5 road tires and put them on tonight. Its a different bike! I took a test ride around the block. The pedaling effort has been reduced by almost half on the street. I didn’t expect this kind of improvement. I will be getting a rack for the back and some saddle bags. I think this bike just because a commuter.
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