Newbie...!

smoo1604

I want to get back into cycling, mainly to cycle to and from stables a couple of miles away, it's up and down bumpy kinda roads so suspension a must. Only have a small budget of £250 though. What brands or bikes would anyone recommend? My current bike is about 16 yr old with no suspension and dodgy gears and brakes!

Not planning on doing any MTB trail rides so just something relatively basic and comfortable I suppose!

Thanks,
Shona

YeehaaMcgee

smoo1604 wrote:

I want to get back into cycling, mainly to cycle to and from stables a couple of miles away, it's up and down bumpy kinda roads so suspension a must.

Sounds like you really don't need suspension - that's not exactly what it's intended for
And besides, £250 won't get you any full suspension bike worth using.

supersonic

At very least avoid rear suspension, it will be useless, and the front barely adequate. Take a look at the Decathlon Rockrider 5.2, nice spec, fork actually works.

smoo1604

Should probably say that's it's a women's/ladies/adult bike I need, 5'7" 30yr old!

The Rookie

Not really an issue, a bike is a bike, the RR as mentioned by SS is nice (only available from Decathlon if you have one close) otherwise the Carrera Vengeance from Halfords is in your price range.

andhr

If you really don't like bumpy roads, and want a comfortable ride, it might be worth a decent saddle or a seat post with built in shock - you'll get more from that than cheap rear suspension.

smoo1604

Like the RR 5.2, our nearest decathalon store is in edinburgh though and when I went through to check stock on the decathalon website they don't have any in Edinburgh!

smoo1604

What about a hybrid bike? I really don't know anything about biking apart from how to stay upright on one! A lot of new terms and technology since I was a teen!