Bad day turned out good.

callawaymark
callawaymark Posts: 26
edited July 2009 in MTB buying advice
Went to halfords to pick up my boardman but the man came out and said when he was doing the final checks alot of screws were cross threaded, i decided not to get a bike from there.

So after numerous bike shops i went to my local shop which had this for £700
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bia ... e-ec016964

I bought it and rode it today brilliant bike but the most insanely hard saddle!!!

Any ideas on that?

Did i get a good buy?

Comments

  • callawaymark
    callawaymark Posts: 26
    here is the seat name
    Selle San Marco Ponza Power, rail C Steel C40, White
  • RealMan
    RealMan Posts: 2,166
    Bianchi make nice road bikes - mountain bikes, not so much. Still, better then a boardman.

    However, looks alright, and has a decent spec. You will probably get used to the saddle. Give it a little longer before thinking about replacing it.
  • dave1294
    dave1294 Posts: 46
    You could always invest in some padded shorts. I use them and i can never imagine how i coped without them. :shock:
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    RealMan wrote:
    Bianchi make nice road bikes - mountain bikes, not so much. Still, better then a boardman.

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    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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  • callawaymark
    callawaymark Posts: 26
    whats that mean??? It feels a better ride than the boardman and looks imho a thousand times better.
  • callawaymark
    callawaymark Posts: 26
    also only weighs 11.98 kg so quite light really!!!
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Dazzza wrote:
    RealMan wrote:
    Bianchi make nice road bikes - mountain bikes, not so much. Still, better then a boardman.

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    +1
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  • callawaymark
    callawaymark Posts: 26
    so you agree its bette rthan the boardman i was getting?
  • KnightofCydonia
    KnightofCydonia Posts: 957
    callawaymark wrote:
    so you agree its bette rthan the boardman i was getting?

    maybe, maybe not. If you're happy with the bike you have then you have the right bike. If you can go on long rides & enjoy it, it's the right bike.
    Start Weight 18st 13lbs March 2009
    17st 10lbs August 2009
    17st 4lbs October 2009
    15st 12lbs December 2010

    Final planned weight 12st 7lbs
  • SPROCKET30
    SPROCKET30 Posts: 67
    The spec looks really good and to be honest if your only issue is the saddle I think you have a pretty good bike there. Give it a few rides if the saddle is still annoying look for a replacement one. I found the Fizik gobi pretty nice.
  • callawaymark
    callawaymark Posts: 26
    done 3 rides on it now, still no better. I will get some padded shorts tonight and try it out just the saddle looks superb and i think its worth a soare ass for.

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