which bike for a beginner

skippy73

i'm looking to get a bike for fitness training and possible triathlons....................my budget is approx £300 are there any recommended bikes out there......................i've done all sorts of searches and there are a few but knowing which brands are good is the main question. At the moment I am looking at the raleigh airlite 200. any advice would be great

teagar

I'll warn ya, most people here will recomend spending around £500....

Can't think of many bikes around the £300 mark, but if you're just starting and using it for training, I can't see why a few modifications to the bike you have wouldn't be better money spent.

desperate73

I had a play with one of these today :

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/sport-1-54-57-69567468/

Nice bike and i thought exceptional for the £££'s

The next one up is also excellent at £500 but then at that you've got a wider choice range..

desperate73

I had a play with one of these today :

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/sport-1-54-57-69567468/

Nice bike and i thought exceptional for the £££'s

The next one up is also excellent at £500 but then at that you've got a wider choice range..

skippy73

thanks for that i'll look into it........................i've had a look at the carerra TDF and the raleigh airlite 200 but this does give me some more options thanks again

andrewlwood

Get your company to do Cycle To Work, if they don't already - it's a very easy scheme to set up - then your £300 goes a lot further (it's worth around £600 and because you pay in instalments, you can stretch yourself). I took delivery of a beautiful CAAD9 just today - £900 worth of bike, which'll end up costing me less than half that, and spread over a year and a half.