My mum gave Alyssa a large angpow for her birthday. When we asked her what she wanted to buy with it, she didn’t hesistate to say “a bike”. She never had an adult bike, now’s probably still not too late for her to start learning. So WY did some googling about where to buy bikes around our area with a budget of RM300+.
This was one of the places we visited in Tasik Prima. This place seemed to be embracing the whole online store plus physical store concept. Nice shop but not in our price range.
This is another shop in Bandar Puteri we visited. It’s quite famous as a Raleigh dealer. The owner was friendly enough, recommending this model and that model, but when we mentioned our budget his interest took a nosedive pretty quick. But nice shop for serious mountain bikers, though.
In the end, we ended in the very first shop we visited. What happened was in some forum there was mention of a cheap bike shop in Kompleks Pasaraya Puchong Perdana. We went there looking for it, but other than seamstresses and carpet shops (if you’ve been to that place, you know what i mean) we couldn’t find it. I asked the security guard, this nice Indian uncle told us if we were looking for a cheap bike shop, there’s one up the road in Puchong Intan.
So here it was. Looks like it was once a fruit shop.
The old refridgerators are still here.
Now THIS is my kind of shop. Lots of choices and AFFORDABLE. Friendly owner too.
These were the few models we were considering.
We finally picked a GTA model. Here’s the owner fixing up the bike.
New bike goes in our car. The perks of owning a Rush.
Space for a passsenger too.
So this is the bike. Suitable for learners, can double up for exercise. I like how the gear levers have now evolved from the days of my racing bike.
