New Bike

[taylost3]

Looking to get a bike for under £400 really just for riding to and from the gym and maybe the od weekend away of road nothing to extreme. I know very little about bikes but noticed this at Halfords which looked desent to me but I wanted the opinion of the SMB as I know theres some keen bikers on here.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...ADULTBIKES-M-8

If its rubbish can anyone recomend another bike.

By the way Im a big lad about 6-4 and 15-16 stone if thats makes any difference

[jackynutmeg]

i got this one http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...m_vc=IOV4PDPZ1 , but 22" frame

it was £240 in their sale

you'll need the 22" frame mate

[Manchester Black Cat]

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthr...496464&page=58

Post in there mate.

From what you have described as wanting to do you have two options.

Join the dark side and buy a Mountain bike, of which The Specialized hardrock is a very good option . This will be good for the off road stuff but it's not the best for considerable distances on tarmac

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-...-MTB_27269.htm

A hybrid would allow you to do some off-road stuff, nothing extreme, but give you narrower wheels for improved performance on the road.

I reccomend the Specialized Crosstrail or the Specialized sirrus for this

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productD...roductID=21449
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/speci...tem146788.html

[Dave Herbal]

Originally Posted by Manchester Black Cat

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthr...496464&page=58

Post in there mate.

From what you have described as wanting to do you have two options.

Join the dark side and buy a Mountain bike, of which The Specialized hardrock is a very good option . This will be good for the off road stuff but it's not the best for considerable distances on tarmac

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-...-MTB_27269.htm

A hybrid would allow you to do some off-road stuff, nothing extreme, but give you narrower wheels for improved performance on the road.

I reccomend the Specialized Crosstrail or the Specialized sirrus for this

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productD...roductID=21449
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/speci...tem146788.html

End of thread

[taylost3]

Thanks for the advice guys I think Ill go with the Hardrock mountain bike looks decent.

[Berek]

does your workplace have a cycle to work scheme ?? you can get the bike bought for you and pay it off from your wages

[taylost3]

Originally Posted by Berek

does your workplace have a cycle to work scheme ?? you can get the bike bought for you and pay it off from your wages

NO unfortunatley not Ive already looked into that

[Nogbad the Bad]

Originally Posted by taylost3

Thanks for the advice guys I think Ill go with the Hardrock mountain bike looks decent.

If you're willing to go up to your £400 budget there's a hardrock with disc brakes and better spec

http://www.tredz.co.uk/productlist.a...f2=Specialized