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Originally Posted by MexiQuebecois
I bought a shitty Wal-Mart bike for the task, but next year I might just invest in a good bike.
Cycling is fun.
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Yer damn right cycling is fun. But here's an idea: this is the right time to buy a bike because there are sales and people are willing to let used bikes go for cheaper than spring. Which stands to reason.
Go the "Grand Montreal" section of kijiji.ca, click on "velos" and "de route," and then click on "prix" so that they start from the cheapest. Skip through the first few pages until you get to $100 or $200 and start looking from there.
Use the reference function on the site to save fifteen or twenty bikes you find appealing. Do you have a friend who's a bit knowledgeable about bikes? Ask him/her for opinions on them. And there must be some cool repair guys in Montreal working out of smaller shops or their homes, right? Find them and give them your business to fix the bike up right.
You'll save money, you'll reuse stuff that was otherwise going to rot away or get thrown away, you'll have a bike that hopefully won't be too attractive to thieves, and best of all, you'll have a groovy and unique bike.
Or you could just go to a more established shop and spend $1,000 or more on a new bike. Which is a viable option, too. It's up to you.