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inconvincable
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I am looking to buy a new bike for town use and some day trips (on road). I don't want to spend a fortune (£800max but would prefer cheaper c.£500). I would ideally like some thing around or sub 12 kg, with 8 or 11 speed hub gears.
As a comparison my partner rides a Trek FX7 and we would be riding together.
As a comparison my partner rides a Trek FX7 and we would be riding together.
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inconvincable wrote:I am looking to buy a new bike for town use and some day trips (on road). I don't want to spend a fortune (£800max but would prefer cheaper c.£500). I would ideally like some thing around or sub 12 kg, with 8 or 11 speed hub gears.
As a comparison my partner rides a Trek FX7 and we would be riding together.
Why hub gears? Can you even get 11 speed hub gears? The Trek FX doesn't have hub gears for a start?
If your partner is riding a Trek FX then that's the obvious choice - £750 gets you an FX 7.5 http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/ro ... x/7_5_fx/#
However for less money for town use and on road you'd do better with one of these http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/ro ... ries/1_2/#
Don't forget in less than a month Trek will be announcing their 2014 models; so right now is not a good time to buy.0 -
markhewitt1978 wrote:Why hub gears? Can you even get 11 speed hub gears?
Aye!
Not many off the peg bikes with that hub fitted though - Genesis Day One Alfine 11 is a princely £1750!Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...0 -
TommyEss wrote:markhewitt1978 wrote:Why hub gears? Can you even get 11 speed hub gears?
Aye!
Not many off the peg bikes with that hub fitted though - Genesis Day One Alfine 11 is a princely £1750!
Oh nice! I suspect the OP doesn't mean hub gears but I may be wrong
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I did mean hub gears but I did not realise the 11 speed was quite that pricey0
