Hiring A racing bike for 4 months for a charity ride

harryowen1960
harryowen1960 Posts: 2
edited April 2014 in Road beginners
Does anybody know if I can hire a racing road bike for the next foour months, to train for and then do the London to Paris Charity Ride in April.

Thanks

H

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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Buy a cheap bike in sale like this

    http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... 730c009320

    Then sell it in the summer. Bikes are more in demand then so you will get a good price
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    4 months of hire would likely cost more than to buy a bike anyway.
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    Buy a bike, sell it when you're done (if you don't want to keep riding it).
  • furrag
    furrag Posts: 481
    Agree with Danowat. I think when Triandrun hired their bikes out, it was about £70 per week. Buy as Vorsprung's post, or buy yourself a second hand one around £200-£300 with emphasis on the correct sized bike. It's likely that in those 4 months you'll be taken in by the Lycra-camaraderie and be firmly bitten by the cycling bug too.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Budget on paying about as much as the bike again in kit - clothes, helmets, shoes etc.

    Cycling is so addictive though - I couldnt imagine training for one event and then jacking it in after that.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Even if you buy a good second-hand bike, if you take good care of it you can sell it on fro close to what you paid for it in 4 month's time.

    FWIW - I went on a charity ride (London-Paris) a few years ago, and people showed up on bikes that were either £99 Halford's specials - or 20 years old. (There were nice bikes too - but it shows it's more about the rider, than the bike).
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    Buy then keep or sell.
    Note that racing folk often have winter training road bikes that accept proper bolt-on mudguards for wet winter roads. You can use clip-on ones but they are not as effective.
  • acebobby
    acebobby Posts: 95
    I will hire you my Giant Defy 3.5 for 4 months for £800, thats the bargain price of £200 per month and I wont even charge mileage, and as an added bonus If you like it you can keep it for another £400 at the end of the term! lol!

    seriously though for the amount of miles your going to do in the 4 months pop into your LBS and tell them your situation and budget. they will sort you out with something and there's nothing quite like your own bike!

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  • fastbatard
    fastbatard Posts: 137
    As above I would buy then sell when you're done with it. I have done this a few times in my quest to find the right bike for my needs and have always got a good price back for a looked after bike.

    This looks really good value at £350 as it's an end of line model (was £500). I'd be pretty confident of getting £200+ back for it in 4 months if it's looked after. Total cost less than a tenner a week, doubt you could hire one for that.

    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/sport-2-51-63-69567479/
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Hiring has advantages.
    Not as expensive as you think.
    Flexible.
    Less Hassle.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    Buy then sell.

    EG: me. Bought 2010 CAAD8 in a sale at £450 (down from £650). Sold it earlier this year for £300. So I got 3 years' use for £150. Bargain :D
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Buy a bike, ride it for 4 months. Keep it and ride it for 40 years.
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    That ride can easily be done on a 2 wheeled tricycle. Any old hack will do.
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    That ride can easily be done on a 2 wheeled tricycle. Any old hack will do.
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  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    check the date on the posts.
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  • mattbabs
    mattbabs Posts: 86
    Well spotted. Also the guy who originally posted hasn't been on the forums since so we will never find out what he decided to do!
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    He went to Paris and was never seen again... Does he not know that the internet is everywhere!!!
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    mattbabs wrote:
    Well spotted. Also the guy who originally posted hasn't been on the forums since so we will never find out what he decided to do!

    Probably tried it on a 2 wheel trike ....
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Apparently he did it and raised six grand for charideeeee. Good effort.
    (but what bike did he take ???)
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    cougie wrote:
    Apparently he did it and raised six grand for charideeeee. Good effort.
    (but what bike did he take ???)

    Yeah, screw the charidddeeeeeee.

    The bike: was it Alloy? Carbon? metal??? Campag, SRAM or Shimano? Did he wear a helmet?

    We need to know.

    :D
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    I want to know what crank length did he have, and was it a poxy compact chainset :D
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    What setback did he have on his seatpost?
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    But, well bumped by RoT who has a bike hire co? :D
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    A admit to searching on bike hire and not noticing the date.

    Now we just need to know what happened.

    Madeline McGann.
    Hillsborough.
    Malaysian Airline.

    Its on that list...

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