Woodworm Bikes

GTerrier

Has anybody heard anything about Woodworm bikes?

I'm looking to get a racing bike but can't afford to spend much. I've tried to look into second hand ones but without much success.

Any advice on where to find a decent second hand racing bike?

danowat

Looks cheap and nasty to me.....

Try Decathlon, the Triban series seems very popular ATM, failing that, wait till the weather turns bad, I am sure there will be an avalanche of bikes on ebay

declan1

I can recommend the Viking Giro D'Italia:

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GTerrier

Thanks for the advice.

I've been looking at the Triban bikes today and they look decent. My dilemma is that I would ideally not want to spend more than £300 as I'd still consider my mountain bike to be my main interest, however, if spending up to £150 would make a massive difference I would consider it. If not though, the Triban looks good to me.

What do you think of the following?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/daw ... e-ec035285

http://www.ashcycles.com/site/giant-def ... ac4c1f743b

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-3-id_8167038.html

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/trek-1.1-c.html

Thanks.

declan1

Wouldn't pay that much for the Dawes. It's got a steel fork and weighs nearly as much as my bike (which was £200).

The Giant is a very 'comfort' orientated bike, and isn't designed as a racer (I've literally just come back from a ride using someone's Defy 2, and I don't like it much. It's really lightweight, which is nice on the hills, but it's not very fast).

Trek looks like overpriced, paying for the name stuff.

I would recommend the Decathlon if your budget can stretch that far. I've heard really good things about it and as far as I'm aware it's the only cheap bike with a carbon fork.