New Bike Vitus Rapide 2 or something else?

astonred

Hi,

As I haven't done any bike riding for 10 years so I would like some buying advice.

I have spotted Vitus Bikes Rapide 2 Hardtail Bike 2012 for just over £1000 and the Boradman Hybrid Team and Pro and was considering buying one of these. My max budget is £1000 my main consideration is weight as I will be getting it in and out of the car and over the occasional style/barbed wire fence. I used to do a bit of mountain biking (nothing to serious) and would quite like to start doing it again. My current cycle route will be mainly along the road (pavement/cycle path) and a bit off road, however this will hopefully change to one that is completely off road (bridlepaths/footpaths) once I move house.

I am not too bothered about suspension, the only thing I would like is hydraulic brakes as I thought these to be a vast improvement over the older style one.

Any advice is more than welcome.
Thanks
Rich

cooldad

Some links would help.

The Rookie

For your described usage you certainly don't have to spend £1K!

Perhaps a Carrera Vulcan, £350 ish?

If you think you will get more serious, then by all means spend more, right now it sounds a waste to be honest.

astonred

The Beginner wrote:

For your described usage you certainly don't have to spend £1K!

Perhaps a Carrera Vulcan, £350 ish?

If you think you will get more serious, then by all means spend more, right now it sounds a waste to be honest.

A couple of years ago I bought one out of Halfords for about £300 (Giant I think) and it was horrible to use you had to keep tightening everything constantly, especially the handlebars and it weighted a ton it just wasn't very fun to ride. So I just thought if I chuck a bit more money at it I would get something a bit nicer, and hopefully if I use it to its full potential it would be money well spent. If not I could always sell it.

Mark909

One One Whippet X9?

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FBOOWHCAB/on_one_whippet_x9_mountain_bike_2013

supersonic

The Whippet is easily the best xc bike available at the moment for a grand.

passout

You could get a Boardman but not that one - isn't it a hybrid for canal paths? Get a proper mountain bike - you can always get slicks if need be. On One is a good choice too - the Whippet is a lot of bike for 1k. I actually like the Vitus but unless you know that you are really going to get into MTBing I might for an alu Vitus rather than a carbon. Also look at Wiggle - they had some half price GT's and Charge's.