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Post by mistermuncher on Jul 9, 2011 10:43:00 GMT -5
I've decided to buy myself a nice-ish bike for commuting to work (about 10 miles each way), and was going to drop about 400-500 quid on it. Anyone here know what I'd be best going with. The route is very hilly indeed (Uphill the whole way home!. Takes about twice as long on my old bike as going in) but over pretty good roads. I'd like to be able to take pretty long rides on my days off, too. Maybe about 40-50 miles on country roads.
I've done a bit of negotiating with the fella in a local bike shop, and could get the base model Cannondale Bad Boy or Cannondale Quick for about £450, but I was wondering if the massed minds here would know any better bike to go for. I don't mind spending the money stated, I'd rather get the best bike I can afford than get something near enough simply because it's cheaper. What price point is the onset of diminishing returns in bike-land anyway?
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Post by rookie on Jul 9, 2011 10:53:52 GMT -5
Google is a good place to start. Also, maybe used? Your money might have a chance to go further when buying second hand, so I would suggest checking out your local classified section or online marketplaces (like Craigslist).
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Post by SimSim on Jul 9, 2011 10:54:33 GMT -5
Looks like the Bad Boy is a fixed gear, but it's hard to tell from the pictures on Cannondale's site. If it is a fixed gear the ride back home might be hard, depending on how steep the hill is and your leg strength endurance.
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Post by mistermuncher on Jul 9, 2011 11:05:01 GMT -5
There is a fixed gear variant, but I'm looking at the 27-speed version.
Fixies are, frankly, for children.
I have been googling and checking the second hand stuff all along, too. At the minute, I'm going to try and find the best bike in my budget, then I'll figure the cheapest way to acquire it. I have a healthy fear of second-hand bikes round this town, as many have been acquired via the bolt-cutter discount.
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Post by SimSim on Jul 9, 2011 12:25:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get the current trend of fixed gear bikes.
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 9, 2011 14:45:44 GMT -5
Fixies are, frankly, for children. If you weren't so Irish, those would be fighting words. But you are, so they're probably drinking words. Or fighting the English words, at least. |
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Jul 10, 2011 5:51:51 GMT -5
All words are fighting words, for the Irish. Especially "fancy a visit to the pub, mate?".
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Post by mistermuncher on Jul 11, 2011 20:20:34 GMT -5
That may have come across a little harsh. Perhaps, what I mean is: For certain applications, in certain topographies, a fixie may be ideal. I'm not in either category.
Nor, indeed, am I a bell-end with plain glass glasses and a need to point out how obscure my musical taste, or a rider of a BMX. Hence, Fixies aren't my bag.
And They're FOR FUCKING CHILDREN.
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Post by davedan on Jul 11, 2011 20:43:47 GMT -5
Fixies are also for dutch girls
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Post by mistermuncher on Jul 11, 2011 20:50:45 GMT -5
See topographies, above.
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Post by davedan on Jul 11, 2011 21:15:42 GMT -5
No not topogrophy, its the cobblestones.
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Post by MaybeNever on Jul 11, 2011 23:05:19 GMT -5
I'm not sure anyone should use a bike for fucking children. It would probably hurt the kid, among other problems.
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Post by Vene on Jul 12, 2011 9:59:01 GMT -5
I'm not sure anyone should use a bike for fucking children. It would probably hurt the kid, among other problems. I think if you're fucking children you don't consider their welfare to be a high priority. |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Jul 12, 2011 11:24:49 GMT -5
We gonna DO them...on MOTORCYCLEZ.
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Post by The_L on Jul 16, 2011 6:17:14 GMT -5
£450? Isn't that about $1000 US?
Bikes are that expensive?! I was always thinking around $200 or so...
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