the weight
that theoretically matters is your weight plus bikes weight.
a bike that is even 10 lbs heavier is still eprcentage wise justa bit heavier.
and makes no difference anyway because youre not ina race.
i love the way the enw masi bikes look. theyre pretty.
a flat front bar is nowehre near as comfortable as adrop bar. in mtn biking, flat ars are needed to brace against on downhills. no one needs a flat bar on normal roads. th reason its less comfortable is the natural wrist position. let yr hands fall to our sides. see where your wrists want to be. they are in drop bar position, not flat bar.
i love bicycles so much. buy nay bike! thenbuy another! spend a little, spend a lot, any bike is great! REALLY! i love all bikes. dont freak out ont he slection. if you turn out to be a biek nut then you will have a garage full of bieks anyway and it wont matter!
plus they’re cheap relatively to toher crazy hobbies.
and you stay ins hape.
and can save gas.
just buy one! and ride a lot!
except for carbon. dont buy any carbon parts, esp. forks. they are bad. i would rather ride no bike than a bike witha carbon fork. iam deathly afraid of carbon forks.