New bike where to start

Bikerbaboon
Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
edited October 2008 in Commuting chat
Im a keen MTB rider and i have now started to commute to work ( 5 min each way but its a commute 8) )
What i want is a single speed with a hill friendly gear. i have at most £200 in my pocket to burn on this project.
I am a keen fettler with my MTB and can do all but bottom brackets and heat tubes ( but a can always give it a go with the part tools web site.) this Bike will also be used for week end shopping trips to leeds form pudsey ( about 10 mile round trip) so i dont want to to look too nice as it will get chained up in the center of leeds and i would also like full mud gards ( have seen some carbon fiber ones in a LBS........ no no no must fight the urge to bling up the bike).

So whats teh best ( read cheepest) way forward..... ebay clunker and then strip the frame back to a single speed god ? or ebay for a cheap frame and wheels or go to my LBS and have a look.? I have no clue about whats good for a road biek and whats not.

I will also be using cheep shimano spds to work with my MTB shoes.

thanks for all teh advice up front. ( the reson for the cheap price is a want a bike that wont kill me if it gets pinched fomr leeds. )
Nothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Police auctions?

    Arrgh.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    I like it
    and take my place in the circle of criminal life.... time to google for one in my area.
    Nothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
    456
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    and if it does get pinched i will know where to go to get one suspicously just like it :shock:
    Nothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
    456
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Why not miss out the middle man and just knick one? :lol:
    Revolution bikes are cheap but OK.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    soooooo passout where do you leave your bike and do you know of a local hard where store? :twisted:

    I will have a look at the auction but i cant find a listing of one in leeds or if you can find out in advance what will be on sale. any one know of a re-cycle bike stoor in leeds also?
    Nothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
    456
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    also im a 32" inside leg what sized road bieks would be ok for me im takeing a 18" MTB generaly but this cm sizeing has me flummoxed.
    Nothing in life can not be improved with either monkeys, pirates or ninjas
    456
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Bikerbaboon wrote:
    also im a 32" inside leg what sized road bieks would be ok for me im takeing a 18" MTB generaly but this cm sizeing has me flummoxed.

    56cm ish (or sloping tt equiv)

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