Giant or Trek or Ridgeback

alanmck1971
alanmck1971 Posts: 85
edited June 2010 in Commuting chat
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Looking for a hybrid for commuting to work (3 miles each way slight hill). Both these bikes in my price range. Any thoughts please?

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bik ... 090/43393/

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec020757

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/rid ... ck%20comet

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  • bicyclepirate
    bicyclepirate Posts: 229
    They're both really nice bikes, and at three miles each way a hybrid is probably a good choice. Personally i'd go for the TREK because Lance Armstrong rides a TREK, which allows for tdf day dreaming on the commute to work.

    Which ever way you go by a really good lock! and let us know how you get on with your chosen steed...
    All hail the FSM and his noodly appendage!
  • chrishumes
    chrishumes Posts: 227
    how about boardman and ridgeback mate? i would have had the boardman but couldnt use halfords, but got a ridgeback flight instead
  • alanmck1971
    alanmck1971 Posts: 85
    Thanks for the feedback guys, I have added the Ridgeback Comet and Speed to my list.
  • WesternWay
    WesternWay Posts: 564
    alanmck1971 wrote:
    Thanks for the feedback guys, I have added the Ridgeback Comet and Speed to my list.

    Again, any of these will be more than adequate.

    I ride a Flight from Ridgeback and love it.

    I would be very, very, very tempted to go second-hand though. Within weeks of you starting commuting you will be doing your commute in much less than 15 minutes.

    And put commuting tyres on whatever you get... You will not regret them.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,358
    Can't really comment specifically on any of the bikes you mention, however I recently bought my son a Ridgeback MX16 (kids bike) and I am delighted and suprised at the quality. I will cetainly be looking at Ridgeback for N+1
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Back to the original two - The Giant has much cleaner welding than the Trek - and looks a bit tidier - in terms of kit, they're almost identical, so could be as simple as which you like the look of most/which you can get a hold of.

    For commuting, you'll want the option of fitting mudguards, rack for panniers etc. - the Giant and Trek certainly provide this, as almost certainly do the others.
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    If you're looking at Evans, they have a Trek 7.3FX for much the same price as the 7.0FX 9better components):

    http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/73-fx-2010-hybrid-bike-ec016804?query=trek%207.3
  • chrishumes
    chrishumes Posts: 227
    yip, ive a flight, excellent, go for the basic one and it will be a bargain

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