OGRE Bicycles

Codeloader · 2014-12-26T18:47:34

Some dude at work tried to get me to buy one of these. He said a friend of his that works at a bike shop would make me a price - $1600. That's stupid to pay that much for a bike. Anyways, I was curious so I looked at the bike and, basically, it looks like a touring bike which is what I like but I go offroad A LOT. Man when I get riding I go in creek beds, rivers, across frozen lakes, up steep rocky hills in forests, over logs, in mud, etc. Anyways, not even a simple suspension fork - nothing at all and the frame is bent - I mean look at the weird shape. Has anyone ridden one of these bikes? If so how does it handle offroad? I don't go for long rides - 10 miles most of the time and 32 miles at the most. I ride mostly around parks and rivers.

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Started by Codeloader_Dev December 17, 2014 05:18 AM

12 comments, last by Codeloader_Dev 9 years, 8 months ago

RLS0812

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December 26, 2014 02:08 PM

I had a $100 bike last me over 12 years ...

Cost != quality

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ActiveUnique

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December 26, 2014 02:51 PM

I walk everywhere. I think I'm under compensating.

I've read about the idea guy. It's a serious misnomer. You really want to avoid the lazy team.

ChaosEngine

5,385

December 26, 2014 06:47 PM

I had a $100 bike last me over 12 years ...

Cost != quality

Depends on what you want to do with it. Bike to work/school? Fine

Go mountain biking? Triathlon? Lycra-clad latte sipping (aka road-biking :) )?

You'll very quickly find that your $100 bike will hinder you in those pursuits.
A $100 mountain bike won't have disc brakes for example.
A $100 road bike will weigh much more than a quality one.

I consider myself a pretty mediocre mountain biker, but even I wouldn't consider spending less than $1000 on a new bike. Hell, my mtb shoes cost more than $100.

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