Want to add road bike to my collection - advice please..

swayzak

Hi

I already have a mountain bike & Thorne Rohloff commuter (former for dry weather, latter for wet/winter).

I would like to add something a little more nimble - also for dry weather only. This would mainly be for commuting (8 to 11 miles each direction), also occasional longer weekend ride. No racing. I'm 6'2" and would like a reasonably comfy riding position & feel.

Budget up to around a grand.

At the moment I am looking at several bikes/ brands e.g.

http://road.cc/content/review/50515-can ... ad8-tiagra

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165710

Also Giant Defy Composite & Cube bikes (stocked locally).

Unfortunately we don't have Evans in Leicester, and nearest Halfords with this Boardman bike in stock is Nuneaton.

I have had a few attitude issues with Julies cycles (probably Leicester's most well known bike shop). I have tended to use another shop which stocks Cube bikes - and recommended models ?

There is another local shop (Websters) which deal with Specialized I think ..

I'd have thought a purchase like this would definitely require at least sitting on the bike before shelling out, so prefer not to do this purely online.

Advice gratefully received.

Thanks

Kimble

if you can wait until the bank holiday weekend (commencing 23rd August) this will surely bo on decent sale in Halfords bringing it into your price range... while the frame is the same the components will shift a lot sweeter and last longer http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165710

Kimble

or British cycling membership will give you 10% off if you can't wait...
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/member ... -discounts

springer64

Best subject typo ever