Thinking of buying a new bike? Hold up! Before you drop serious cash on your dream ride, make sure you’re not falling into these common traps. In this video, we’re breaking down the 5 most common mistakes people make when buying a new bike — and how to avoid them.
00:15 Don’t Spend Too Much Money
01:12 Get A Bike Fit
01:56 Don’t Copy The Pros
02:58 Avoid Integrated Bar And Stem
03:42 Buying Blind
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A bike fit is great advice. Depending and where you live, it might be a lot less sophisticated.Looking then what you see on videos. It's also good to start on a bike with a few spacers, if you write a lot, you'll gain some flexibility. Didn't want to go just a little lower and maybe longer eventually
Good to see you back Jack!
And certainly do not cut your fork before you get a fit (I found out the expensive way 😢)
Yeah Jack is back! More Videos with Jack please. Stop hiding him bikeradar 😅
'Don't spend too much money' – Following this heinous remark, Jack Luke was hounded out of the bike industry.
Getting a bike from Wal-Mart is a mistake.
Getting a bike from an unknown company is another mistake.
Your over-use of "massive" for anything "big, large, out-of-the-ordinary" has become, annoying and sometimes it's even completely wrong. There cannot be such a thing as a "massive crack". A crack is a void where material is supposed to be to keep a structure stable. "Massive" also means "solid" as in "filled with material" so it's contradictory to "crack".
If you're in your 40'a and have a job, just get a nice bike, like, just below the highest trim. If you still can't keep up with your buddies, then it's you, not the bike.
I mean, it's sad to say, but we're not getting any younger, and so if you're a cyclist and don't have a "nice" bike by your 40's, you will always wonder.
And this is coming from an extremely frugal person, in fact, my wife was the one who went bike shopping with me to make sure I get the bike I wanted, because like she said, "How many more years of high-level riding do you have left really?"
The biggest mistake in the history of bicycling is disc brake.
Guess who’s back, Jack is back! This is the Bikeradar we want.
Copy the pros where it makes sense. As a recreational rider, you can't ride as extreme a saddle as a pro.
But you can mount a narrower handlebar, even on a marathon bike. And you can reduce friction, for example, with a 105 groupset, an Ultegra or DuraAce chain + ball-bearing pulleys, as well as smooth-rolling tires and wheels, or go tubeless. You also don't need large saddlebags. And you can use aero clothing.