Giant Seek 0

I spend money foolishly without thinking about it. Its a terrible habit. Like I've said in the past, I'm an impulse buyer and sometimes it backfires. I've bought things in the past that I thought I needed or at least convinced myself that it was going to make my life easier, and sometimes it didn't. Hate to say it but I've wasted money so many times.

In a past post I showed off my trail bike. Bought it, rode it once and sold it. I was disappointed. I didn't do enough research on the bike. After riding it, I knew it wasn't the right bike for me. It was meant for dirt/trail riding and not the street riding I want to do. So I took a HUGE loss on the bike. After spending countless hours at the local bike shops and many hours online reading, I decided to buy a 2010 Giant Seek 0.

I absolutely love this bike! I wish I would have known about this bike before the XTC1. It's a cross between a mountain bike and a road bike. Very light, fast tires and an incredible internal gear hub. Unlike traditional gears and de-railers this bike can shift at a complete stop. When your riding and you want to shift into another gear, you push a lever, it makes a subtle "click" and its in another gear. Its very quite and smooth. In fact when I ride all I hear is a light humming sound of the  tires. It pedals very easily and it coast for a long time. The bike has hydraulic disk brakes with Shimano levers and an Alfine crank. Anyone who appreciates aesthetics or the "fit and finish" of a product, will really like this bike. I spent a lot more on this bike than the previous one but its well worth it. I'm having a lot of fun riding. I bought an iPhone bike mount and a program to track my speed and distance. The program even emails me a map of where I rode. How cool is that? I will post info on that later.

I plan on writing about the gear I buy for the bike. I have to test it before I can write about it.

_Vince