Buying a Hybrid Bike
Alexb01
Posts: 15
Hi,
Really sorry to clog up the forums with yet another what bike post but if you could give a bit of advice it'd be great.
At the moment I have a pretty old and large, standard not-quite mountain bike. I do quite a lot of long leisurely rides but next year at university plan to additionally use the bike a lot more for commuting. And so want to buy myself a nice new hyrbid bike as I'd prefer a bike with thinner road-like tyres but still prefer a more leisurely upright seating position.
In any case my budget is around £250 (which websites seem to suggest is a good baseline for a decent bike). I've had a look on the Evan's cycles website but with lots of different options and not many with any reviews I was hoping people could steer me towards a few you could suggest. There seem to be some really good deals going on end of line 2009 ranges but unfortunately most of them only have small size
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In any case any sort of feedback would be greatly appreciated,
Alex
Really sorry to clog up the forums with yet another what bike post but if you could give a bit of advice it'd be great.
At the moment I have a pretty old and large, standard not-quite mountain bike. I do quite a lot of long leisurely rides but next year at university plan to additionally use the bike a lot more for commuting. And so want to buy myself a nice new hyrbid bike as I'd prefer a bike with thinner road-like tyres but still prefer a more leisurely upright seating position.
In any case my budget is around £250 (which websites seem to suggest is a good baseline for a decent bike). I've had a look on the Evan's cycles website but with lots of different options and not many with any reviews I was hoping people could steer me towards a few you could suggest. There seem to be some really good deals going on end of line 2009 ranges but unfortunately most of them only have small size
.In any case any sort of feedback would be greatly appreciated,
Alex
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I'd go to Halfords and look at the Carrera Subway.0
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or take a look at ebay there's a no of Ridgeback Flights / T series going at the moment; a few of them have gone recently for £1850
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Buy one of these:
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/17873/Kona-Smoke-700c-Hybrid-Commuter-Bike.html
Quickly, before the Guardless Ninja Roadie Cult arrive !Misguided Idealist0 -
If you can stretch another £50 these are good - shame you didn't ask a week ago as they were £250 for the Easter weekend:
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... 1&f%5Fbct=0 -
Add £50 quid to your budget and get a specialized sirrus hybrid. Or you can pick one up cheap on ebay, only a year or two old.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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seanoconn wrote:Add £50 quid to your budget and get a specialized sirrus hybrid. Or you can pick one up cheap on ebay, only a year or two old.
+1 for the Sirrus. It is a nice machine, even the basic version.0 -
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Canny Jock wrote:If you can stretch another £50 these are good - shame you didn't ask a week ago as they were £250 for the Easter weekend:
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... 1&f%5Fbct=
This - or up the budget slightly for the Race version.0 -
I'm really happy with this:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165534
v-brakes version is a cheaper, and only a bit more than your budget.
I managed to get mine for the same price as V brake version.0
