Hybrid bike for casual use - £350 budget

KnightOfTheLongTights
KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
edited July 2011 in Commuting general
My brother - who is a big lad, a bit overweight, and in his fifties - is looking to get a bike to ride around on and generally get a bit of exercise at the weekend.

Budget £350, absolutel max - he's looking at Ridgeback Rapide Spped. Can he do better?

Many thanks.

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  • cloggsy
    cloggsy Posts: 243
    He might be better putting the £350 into a nice used bike than buying new at that pricepoint?

    Local ads, classifieds etc may be the place to look!
  • cloggsy
    cloggsy Posts: 243
    What about this from the classified section on here?
  • EssexSuffolk
    EssexSuffolk Posts: 112
    At that price, I'd go for the cheapest Specialised Sirrus. Nice bike.
  • MattJ88
    MattJ88 Posts: 41
    I'm also looking at that price range atm. I've been looking at the Carrera Gryphon (new 2011 model came out today)

    http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165534

    Be interesting to see how these compare as they both get good reviews - I am not an expert but just offering an alternative.

    Bonus for me is I can see the Gryphon and sit on it, test it etc - but most likely not the Specialised.
  • MattJ88
    MattJ88 Posts: 41
    The 2011 model has discs as standard. (See link in my post above). For some reason Halfords don't have the Large version on their website.

    Going to be a case of trying to view both, getting a feel for them!

    Just found out a LBS sells the Sirrus online so most likely has them in store - so at least I can view them. Shame we HAVE to use Halfords for the C2W scheme as I'd much rather use them!
  • cloggsy
    cloggsy Posts: 243
    Stanley222 wrote:
    Halfords however are a really crap bike shop!

    ... In your humble opinion... :roll:
  • Thebigbee
    Thebigbee Posts: 570
    I completely reccomend Scott hybrids.

    I picked up a mint Scott Sportster P6 2010 that had done about 50 miles for £170 off Gumtree.
    The RRP was £349.99

    That got nicked and then I scoured Ebay and got another mint Scott - a Scott Sub 30 2010 for £300 - RRP £549.99

    I still have that and can't rate it highly enough for the price I paid.
  • Thebigbee
    Thebigbee Posts: 570
    EssexSuffolk wrote:
    At that price, I'd go for the cheapest Specialised Sirrus. Nice bike.

    And I'd avoid them at all costs! - Get some idea about bikes and specs and then buy something 2nd hand for half the price of the new RRP
  • Blandiblub
    Blandiblub Posts: 134
    Sirruses? (is the plural 'Sirri' maybe?!)

    Find my one fine (better than fine actually) but I guess different strokes for different folks, etc...
    Specialized Allez Elite 2011 *NEW*
    Specialized Sirrus Elite 2011

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