{"id":4097,"date":"2010-09-08T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2010-09-08T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T23:50:00","slug":"bicycle-update-thanks-for-all-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle Update: Thanks for All The Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a short post to thank everyone <a href=\"http:\/\/cahwyguy.livejournal.com\/1057721.html\" target=\"_blank\">for their bike advice<\/a>. Tomorrow afternoon (after services) I intend to go do some test rides. The short list, which may change, includes the following:<\/p>\n<p>At REI: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/777320\" target=\"_blank\">Cannondale Quick 4<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/797363\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Sub 20<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/796955\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Fairfax<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/bicycle-den-granada-hills\" target=\"_blank\">Bicycle Den, Granada Hills<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giant-bicycles.com\/en-us\/bikes\/model\/suede.dx\/7332\/44067\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giant Suede DX<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giant-bicycles.com\/en-us\/bikes\/model\/escape.1\/7374\/44054\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giant Escape 1<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/bicycle-den-granada-hills\" target=\"_blank\">Reseda Bicycles<\/a>, Reseda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trekbikes.com\/us\/en\/bikes\/bike_path\/hybrid\/7000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trek 7000<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trekbikes.com\/us\/en\/bikes\/bike_path\/fx\/73fx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trek FX 7.3<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve eliminated the Novara&mdash;that&#8217;s an REI house brand that I think would have little resale. In terms of features, I&#8217;ll try a non-drop handlebar, but still prefer something more appropriate for an upright seating position. I don&#8217;t need shock absorbers, and it appears an aluminum is better than a carbon frame for my use. I need to make sure there are the holes for a rack. The ability to accomodate wider tires is better.  I&#8217;ll also ask questions about the maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m still open to suggestions. As background, I&#8217;m mostly going to be riding on the (ahem) excellent streets of the San Fernando Valley here in Los Angeles. The worst weather might be a light mist, although there are puddles at times. The terrain is mostly flat, but there are hills to the north. I prefer to ride upright, not bent over. <\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;shanah Tovah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a short post to thank everyone for their bike advice. Tomorrow afternoon (after services) I intend to go do some test rides. The short list, which may change, includes the following: At REI: Cannondale Quick 4 Scott Sub 20 Marin Fairfax At Bicycle Den, Granada Hills: Giant Suede DX Giant Escape 1 At Reseda <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4097\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lj-xfer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}