One of my concerns is obviously focused on my height and comfort for two hours of riding (or basically the limits of the tank). I see lots of talk on websites about how this bike has a seat height of 28 inches or that one is 29 inches, etc. I'm sure if you are 5-9 that extra inch helps out a lot for comfort. But at my height those little bitty differences are going to be negligible.
What I'd like to know about without being able to wander around town and sit on lots of bikes (for 120 days I'm still stuck in Afghanistan) is about stuff like foot peg positioning, floorboards, highway pegs, etc. Those are the type of things that I figure will be more likely to create a serious difference in feeling for my legs (38" inseam) over the course of a long ride of 1.5-2 hours between fill-ups.
I did notice one review of a bike that mentioned how a particular model could not move the footpegs, and that information I considered golden. What kind of recommendations for sites where I can read lots of reviews not only be professional reviewer types but also riders as well. If anyone has links to recommend I would really appreciate it.
Additionally having only ever ridden two bikes in my past, and those being 450 and 500 standards, I don't know much about details on the bike itself, when it comes to things that are usually only learned about with experience. So thoes reviews are my best source of information when it comes to deciding between bikes. Each company has styling that looks great and I have yet to see a bike that I simply don't like much, so it has to come down to value and features and I need to learn how to discern on that stuff.
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