Opinion/ bit of advice for choosing my new commuting bike

dm38
dm38 Posts: 47
edited June 2011 in Commuting chat
I'm wondering if someone who knows a bit more about bikes could give me a bit of unbiased advice/ even passing opinions on options for a new commuting bike.

I ride a Trek 4300 2009 womens as my commuting bike. My fork is on the blink after a small collision a while ago and because of few more problems I figured it's probably worth upgrading for something a bit lighter as the mtb is really heavy.

I'm thinking of getting a hybrid - nothing too pricey as it's my commuting bike and have a road bike which I use over the weekend i.e. out of harms way of London cabs and buses at rush hr. But I definately want something which is lighter but can also deal with a few of south east londons hills and possible pot hole or two.

I have nailed it down to one of these four and just wondering if anyone could give me an unbiased option/passing comments of these choices - my LBS recommends the Trek 7.2 but they have a lot of those in stock at the moment and the rest they would have to order in so a second opinion would be useful.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec023871

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec025531

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/sco ... 70#reviews

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... 59#reviews

Comments

  • chilling
    chilling Posts: 267
    I'd go for the Sirrus.

    Mainly as the two Treks have steel frames and you sound like you want something light. Also the expensive FX doesn't look like it has mudguard eyelets which you'll probably want if it's an all year commuter. Discounted the Scott for it's suspension. You won't like that if you have a weekend bike.

    But you'd be best taking them for a ride to really know.
  • saintdracula
    saintdracula Posts: 232
    Go for a boardman.

    has disc brakes and looks supercool
  • saintdracula
    saintdracula Posts: 232
    Assuming you're a gal

    http://www.boardmanbikes.com/fi/fi_hybrid_comp.html

    Not because I'm a stupid patronising male, but because it's a hundred quid cheaper than the 'normal' :roll: hybrid.
  • dm38
    dm38 Posts: 47
    ooooh the boardman does look good and very tempting. ahhhh decisions decisions. My only concern would be how it would deal with hills?

    Although i'm also tempted by the sirrus sport - but nowhere near as visually appealing as the boardman :(

    http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... 7#features
  • CarlosDSanchez
    CarlosDSanchez Posts: 455
    The boardman has a compact crankset and a wide range cassettes, I think your bottom gear would be 34-32 which should be fine.
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  • dugliss
    dugliss Posts: 235
    I`ve got a Boardman hybrid, albeit a men`s model, and they are very good indeed IMO. Great for the hills too as it has got a mtb cassette on it. Don`t worry about the Halfords bit as you can always get it checked over elsewhere if you`re not happy with the build. Stick some marathon plus on it and you`re good to go
  • dm38
    dm38 Posts: 47
    Thanks I went for the Sirrus Sport 2011 in the end.

    It seems nice and light - certainly much lighter than my Trek 4300. I’m 5ft8 and the largest size of the women’s version (vita) was too small :( which was a pity and tbh I’m 5ft8 so not exactly a giant. But at least the Sirrus sport in black isn’t to masculine – the plain Sirrus hybrid 2011 was blue and hideous (sorry but looks do count).
  • dugliss
    dugliss Posts: 235
    I`m sure you`ll love it, plenty of people buy them

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