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Originally Posted by Khel
Any recommendations on a good shop to purchase a road bike in Calgary? I want to start biking to work in the spring, and thinking about joining a team for the ride to conquer cancer, but all ive ever done is mountain bike or spin.
Looking to spend 1000-1500 for a good bike (spending account ftw!), any recommendations?
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I'll have to throw my support behind Bow Cycle.
I've gotten some great service there, and they'll price match anyone in town. Plus they've got a pretty good inventory, you can usually find a deal.
I'll also throw a shout out to Calgary Cycle who gave me some great service and a good deal when I bought my mountain bike, tney don't do road bikes, but they're a good shop so I figured I'd give them some props.
Riddley's seems like a good shop, they know their stuff, they just didn't have a bike for me, but I would certainly go check them out if I was looking again.
As for The Bike Shop, well, I'm going to take my mom's advice and just not say anything at all.
Finally, I'll give you the same advice I was given when I went looking for my first road bike. Whatever your budget it, add 30-40%. Though you've got a pretty wide range in your budget, so just accept now that you'll likley be at or over the high side of that budget.