Advice on new bike
keithbereal
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I am newish to biking and have decided to upgrade from my second hand shed as am enjoying the biking.
I have a £600 budget and I have been looking at both these bikes.
The names don't mean much to me and I really don't know if they are good starter bikes or just rubbish.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/vitu ... prod107031
or
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/focus-va ... 75565.html
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Keith
I have a £600 budget and I have been looking at both these bikes.
The names don't mean much to me and I really don't know if they are good starter bikes or just rubbish.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/vitu ... prod107031
or
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/focus-va ... 75565.html
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Keith
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Neither link works.0
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Navrig2 wrote:Neither link works.0
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If it's between those two only I'd go for the Vitus as it has 10 on the rear and a good range in those gears.
The Focus is a triple which may be what you're after but they're not really most people's cup of tea.0 -
Gethinceri wrote:.....The Focus is a triple which may be what you're after but they're not really most people's cup of tea.
Nothing wrong with a triple. Nothing generally wrong with Focus either.
However the groupset is at least a couple of years old. I think Tiagra went to 10 speed in 2012, maybe it was 2013, so it's not the current groupset and hasn't been for a coupel of years. The same possibly goes for the bike. I'm not sure as I'm not familair with the Variado. That doesn't make it a bad bike and that version of Tiagra is perfectly good (I use it myself on my #2 bike) but it may not be quite the bargain it looks. Is suspect you may find an equally good bike from 2013 or this years outgoing model with the current groupset but still marked down due to frame model.0 -
I mean that triples are not most people's cup of tea.0
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Gethinceri wrote:I mean that triples are not most people's cup of tea.0
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I would be quite happy to argue the toss with you but I am not against triples. I pointed out that the Focus is a triple is all.0
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Gethinceri wrote:.... I pointed out that the Focus is a triple is all.0
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Vitus - triple butted tubes vs double butted and full carbon fork. It's actually a cracking spec for the money . There is not wrong with 9sp Tiagra on the focus, but the newer 10 sp on the Vitus will be marginally better, plus it comes with 25mm which are the latest fashion and allegedly make for a comfier ride.Bianchi Infinito CV
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cheers for all your help guys0