Ex-cyclist needs comfortable commute/light off road bike
Winterdune
Posts: 2
Hi all,
Hope this post is in the right place - it's not really about MTBs.
At 50 and after a ten year break from regular cycling (job, kids, what have you) I have decided to get back to some reasonably regular cycling - a ten mile ride two or three times a week - for fitness and pleasure. I would like to buy a sit-up-and-beg comfort bike and I tried the Marin Stinson, but it did not have much of a wow factor and seemed poorly specced for the price. But the riding position was good for me. I then tried the Voodoo Agwa which felt less optimum as a riding position for my ageing bones but was a much better bike otherwise.
My riding will be on road and light off-road heathland/duneland near the Norfolk coast (UK).
Is there a better specced, good value sit-up 'comfort bike' than the Stinson? If not, should I go for comfort and put up with the non-wow bike, or should I go for the better specced and lighter Agwa?
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sean
Hope this post is in the right place - it's not really about MTBs.
At 50 and after a ten year break from regular cycling (job, kids, what have you) I have decided to get back to some reasonably regular cycling - a ten mile ride two or three times a week - for fitness and pleasure. I would like to buy a sit-up-and-beg comfort bike and I tried the Marin Stinson, but it did not have much of a wow factor and seemed poorly specced for the price. But the riding position was good for me. I then tried the Voodoo Agwa which felt less optimum as a riding position for my ageing bones but was a much better bike otherwise.
My riding will be on road and light off-road heathland/duneland near the Norfolk coast (UK).
Is there a better specced, good value sit-up 'comfort bike' than the Stinson? If not, should I go for comfort and put up with the non-wow bike, or should I go for the better specced and lighter Agwa?
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sean
0
Comments
-
The position of any bike can be changes with careful choice of bars, stems and headset spacers (if present). So even if bike doesn't feel right straight off, you should be able to make changes to customise it.
This could be of interest:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65534#tab1
It is rather heavy, and I wouldn't normally recommend that type of headset and stem set up, but it offers a lot of adjustability. This bike is more about comfort than all out speed, and has a decent drivetrain to boot.0
