Cycling newbie
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CatmanV2
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Oneball
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Excellent Glad it was just me then
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Took me three attempts to put that link in!!
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They have reviews of components and kit too. So if you want to compare group sets or brakes between different bikes they do that too.
BennyD
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Cyclists are the cholesterol of the nations arteries, and these days there are f*cking thousands of the selfish ba5tards holding up traffic because they can. Bollocxs to them.
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Yes. A tiny bit more than four figures
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I paid £2k for it in last year's sale from cycle Republic.
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daverichardson
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This what cycling does to you.............................................
and you should see my willy!
BennyD
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Self inflicted. Another reason why you shouldn’t cycle. Get well soon, and prove you are well again by selling/chucking your bike.
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are you sure you want a road bike - mountain bike is where the fun is and gravel/cyclocross bikes are good compromise.
My friend bought Rondo bike and he swears by it (and it can handle good bit of offroad too!)
http://www.hotlines-uk.com/rondo-ruut-al-2-gravel-bike-2020
My friend bought Rondo bike and he swears by it (and it can handle good bit of offroad too!)
http://www.hotlines-uk.com/rondo-ruut-al-2-gravel-bike-2020
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Bike's are like gold dust at the moment - wait a bit and there will be loads of second hand bargains when they all get fed up with them. And e-bikes are a pita - got stuck behind them yesterday - hard to pass on country roads when they're doing 15mph thanks to electrics (normally they would barely do 10)
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Off road will give you a better work out than on as you need to move around the bike. Plus it's more mentally stimulating, and it'll keep Benny off your backI totally get it. But this isn't for 'fun'. It's for fitness
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I personally wouldn't go anywhere near any kind of road that isn't a quiet lane, which makes road cycling difficult if you want to hook up a decent route.You can get a decent hardtail for under a grand. The Ragley I posted fits that criteria and is what I'd go for but there are good options for less.
They're way better for doing skids than road bikes.
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I asked some bike friends same question a few years back and was pointed at Merida, they generally are better spec for the money than most of the well known brands, I went Cube MTB for the same reason.
Being over here there is less access to off road trials near here so I went looking for a road bike and decide to look second-hand, picked up this awesome Cannondale for £300, a quick service and swap of pedals and its ready to do some road miles. Also should be easy to fit to a cycling trainer over the winter months
Being over here there is less access to off road trials near here so I went looking for a road bike and decide to look second-hand, picked up this awesome Cannondale for £300, a quick service and swap of pedals and its ready to do some road miles. Also should be easy to fit to a cycling trainer over the winter months
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Makes perfect sense, but nowhere round here. I need to be able to just go. It's my psychology.
Would be more fun I'm sure, though. Also have the concerns about road riding. I tried a few (12?) years back and was not impressed
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