Is this Adventure Road Bike any good for a Newbie?
FireHotStickies
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Link to bike: https://www.rutlandcycling.com/bikes/ro ... ue_371965#
Last year’s range, £594 down from £850.
Just wondering if anyone with more experience can tell me if this would be a good starter bike for myself and if it is a good bike for the price? I plan to use the bike probably 75% road and 25% gravel tracks. I really like the idea of an Adventure Road bike which offers good speed on the roads but is versatile enough to handle gravel if needed.
Also, would it be worth investing a bit more for my first bike? I do plan to use it quite a bit over the summer so I should get my money’s worth - in the past two months I’ve been cycling pretty much everyday for at least half an hour, either on our indoor bike or on my father’s mountain bike when the weather has been a bit nicer.
Any help would be much appreciated and please feel free to link me to other bikes that may be more suitable. Thanks!
Last year’s range, £594 down from £850.
Just wondering if anyone with more experience can tell me if this would be a good starter bike for myself and if it is a good bike for the price? I plan to use the bike probably 75% road and 25% gravel tracks. I really like the idea of an Adventure Road bike which offers good speed on the roads but is versatile enough to handle gravel if needed.
Also, would it be worth investing a bit more for my first bike? I do plan to use it quite a bit over the summer so I should get my money’s worth - in the past two months I’ve been cycling pretty much everyday for at least half an hour, either on our indoor bike or on my father’s mountain bike when the weather has been a bit nicer.
Any help would be much appreciated and please feel free to link me to other bikes that may be more suitable. Thanks!
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It'll be fine as long as you don't look at it! A shame the revolts really are aptly named.0
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FireHotStickies wrote:Link to bike: https://www.rutlandcycling.com/bikes/ro ... ue_371965#
Last year’s range, £594 down from £850.
Just wondering if anyone with more experience can tell me if this would be a good starter bike for myself and if it is a good bike for the price? I plan to use the bike probably 75% road and 25% gravel tracks. I really like the idea of an Adventure Road bike which offers good speed on the roads but is versatile enough to handle gravel if needed.
Also, would it be worth investing a bit more for my first bike? I do plan to use it quite a bit over the summer so I should get my money’s worth - in the past two months I’ve been cycling pretty much everyday for at least half an hour, either on our indoor bike or on my father’s mountain bike when the weather has been a bit nicer.
Any help would be much appreciated and please feel free to link me to other bikes that may be more suitable. Thanks!
Go for it.0 -
As suggested above, probably worth trying to find something with hydraulic discs and Tiagra level gears if you can stretch to it.
It's not really economical to upgrade to hydraulics at a later date as the calipers and shifters on their own cost around 400 quid.0 -
+1 on oxoman, much better bike0
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It all depends on your budget. I would agree with what has been said above regarding hydro brakes as opposed to cable disc brakes, but if you can't stretch to hydro, then cable will be fine - they just take a bit more maintenance than hydro. I've never had cable, but I have heard that the pads wear unevenly, and therefore need to be adjusted more (someone may correct me on that). I do have hydro on my commuter bike, and they are excellent, you just need to change the pads when they are worn down.
The Claris groupset on the Revolt is the bottom rung of the Shimano 'ladder', Sora is the next rung up, then Tiagra one more rung up from that (then '105', 'Ultegra' and 'Dura Ace').0 -
If your budget can stretch to £720 and fit a L/XL, the https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Evans-Cycles ... kZGeMOU1jw is a good deal in Evans' 20% off their Ebay store prices.================
2020 Voodoo Marasa
2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
2016 Voodoo Wazoo0 -
if you're looking for 75% road and 25% gravel, have you considered a Cyclocross (or CX) bike?
These may be out of budget, but there will be others about
https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s194p ... SLR-2-2017
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/kona-jak ... frame-54cm
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/bikes/ro ... -2017-bike0
