Three Perspectives on How to Choose a Bicycle

Because, in recent decades, Geezer’s garage has attracted more than a dozen used bicycles, his method of choosing a bike is to open the garage door and see which machine has air in its tires. Apparently, there is a better way, or several better ways. Here are three of them:
WikiHow, the people’s own manual for how to do everything, breaks the bike choosing process down to three parts:  Steps (Learn how to ride); tips (If you want to do a trick on a bike and can’t get it, never
give up; try harder and eventually, you will succeed.); and warnings (Head injuries can disable you for
the remainder of your life.) Geezer recommends moving on.
eHow, a for-profit database of more than 35,000 articles, gives us four steps to choosing a bike for commuting: Decide what kind of bike you want; Think about where you will ride it, Think about the load you will carry, and Think about whether you want to use the bike for more than commuting. Lots of thinking there; Geezer recommends moving on.
Finally, REI, the most commercially interested site, provides the best and most information, running us through several types of bikes, telling us what we should pay for each, and advising us about how to be sure the bike is the right fit for our bodies.