What's the best bicycle for city riding under $500?

Answer 1

if u r just useing the bike for transportation and nothing els than any bike will do but if u want to fell comfortable or look cool or wanting to other kinds of rideing then consider a moutain bike or hybrid or west cost chopper!!!

haybrids give a very smooth and relaxing ride but useless any where away from pavement
westcoast choppers are the kind of bikes that are really heavey with a gigantic back wheel a very long fork and a very small front wheel. it gives the felling of rideing a small motor bike. it will make most head on the street turn to look at u and you get to lean back while rideing.
mtbs are good for any kind of surfaces they can just about do any thing that u can think of.

if u like to purchase a mtb then consider what i say below:
u should consider getting companys like haro,kona,norco,specialized,tr... and gt. start with kona, specialized and giant they make good bikes and they are cheap for bikes within the same range. for kona look for stuff, lavadom or scrap
norco:shore series
haro:v series
specialized:any thing they are all good and cheap
ironhorse:make almost unbreakable bikes but they are heavy
banshee:morphine series


before buying the bike make sure that the dimonds of the frame should be small and points upwards the tyres should be wide and with lots of rubber studs. the fork should have atleast 100mm of travel better if beond 130mm. the suspention brand that you should look for is marzochii or rock shock they are the most common ones. if you dont like the suspention then you might consider spending an other 500$ on bomber shocks they are good qualityed stuff. i recomand a hard tail because they are easier to ride up hill and gives lots of air. and is cheaper and lighter. you should look for disk breaks but if the bike dont come with them v breaks are good too exept over time they dig into your rim and shorten the rim's life.

Answer 2

For that amount, go to a bike shop, and check out the hybrid/comfort/whatever they call 'em bikes. 5 bills will get you a fairly decent run-around bike.

Here:

http://www1.epinions.com/bike-Bicycles-All-hybrid-Price-0_to_500