Demos are of limited use. I've demo'd bikes that I owned and loved and hated the demo bike. If I hadn't already owned the same bike I would tell you to run away from that model. Yet in reality I loved it...once it was setup correctly for me and well maintained.
I've pretty much settled on narrowing down bikes by review and then buying them with the understanding I may have to sell them after a few months if they don't pan out.
Not ideal, but I haven't come up with a better system. Thankfully out of my last ~9 bikes I had one where I ended up selling it and buying something else. So the pain has not been too bad.
March 21, 2019, 6:36 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
Demos are of limited use. I've demo'd bikes that I owned and loved and hated the demo bike. If I hadn't already owned the same bike I would tell you to run away from that model. Yet in reality I loved it...once it was setup correctly for me and well maintained. I've pretty much settled on narrowing down bikes by review and then buying them with the understanding I may have to sell them after a few months if they don't pan out. Not ideal, but I haven't come up with a better system. Thankfully out of my last ~9 bikes I had one where I ended up selling it and buying something else. So the pain has not been too bad.