Help please

joelsim
joelsim Posts: 7,552
edited October 2011 in Commuting chat
I have a friend who has started cycling about 10 miles per day, mostly on roads but sometimes in parks on bike tracks so just a little off-road use.

If you had a budget of £750 or so what would you get? He's been looking at a Condor, not sure which one. Would it be worth spending more.

My friend is in his fifties so he probably doesn't need a turbo nutter, something relatively comfortable but with a bit of speed capability.

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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Sounds like he is in the market for CX bike.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    Does he want drops? Evans have the Canondale CAADX6, or something, for £700 as I recall. Tiagra equipped, looks quite nice. Can do off road.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOPOMPETV ... ine-versa-
    ?

    Nice looking, low maintenance, can take a beating... Its £799

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Thanks guys, any more thoughts, particularly CX?
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Specialised Tricross. Love mine, probably get one for £750 ish.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    edited October 2011
    Specialized Tricross 2012 is £750 spanking new

    or you can get a 2010 for around £650

    or ask Specialized if you can have mine (which im returning for a different bike :twisted: )
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    Boardman provide a lot of bike for the money. They do hybrid and CX versions both good for general purpose use.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    I have a Boardman Hybrid but I don't like it on stony surfaces like park paths ie Richmond Park where it's great on the roads but not so good on the gravel. Mind you I do have 100psi in my tyres.
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    +1 for a Tricross :

    They're really comfortable and adaptable : did a 120 miler down to Wells on the road including belting up Cheddar Gorge and it was as quick as I needed it to be : then a couple of weeks later it was perfect going up the Fosseway bridle paths and over the Ridgeway and on the canal towpaths.

    Just swap out some slicks for a some all weathers or Schwalbe marathons and it'll handle pretty much anything.
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