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I'm looking to buy a road bike for about £200. Can any one recommend
one. Is there any good websites or magazines that rate road bikes? David Maggs |
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I'm looking to buy a road bike for about £200. Can any one recommend one. Is there any good websites or magazines that rate road bikes? David Maggs That means you're looking to buy a used bike, right? I don't think you can get a new road bike for much less than $500. There are websites (www.roadbikereview.com) and magazines (Bicycling) replete with reviews and ratings, but that stuff means nothing. You need a bike that fits. -Vee |
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I'm looking to buy a road bike for about £200. Can any one recommend one. Is there any good websites or magazines that rate road bikes? David Maggs Since you are inquiring in Pounds, I'm guessing you are in the UK. Cycling Weekly is a UK based magazine. I think they do a good job. You may be able to find low priced suggestions in their reviews. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/ 200 Pounds is about $350 US Dollars. In the US, there are no decent new road bikes sold at this low of a price. Basically $500 is the minimum. About 285 Pounds. If 200 Pounds is your goal, used is the only option. Best bet may be to contact a local bicyclig club and see if anyone is selling a bike. Fitting would be done by you and/or the seller. You can research this some. But even if you end up with a less than ideal fitting bike, you can still ride it and enjoy bicycling and use the knowledge gained to make sure your next bike fits better. |
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I'm looking to buy a road bike for about £200. Can any one recommend
one. Is there any good websites or magazines that rate road bikes? David Maggs Since you are inquiring in Pounds, I'm guessing you are in the UK. Cycling Weekly is a UK based magazine. I think they do a good job. You may be able to find low priced suggestions in their reviews. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/ 200 Pounds is about $350 US Dollars. In the US, there are no decent new road bikes sold at this low of a price. Basically $500 is the minimum. About 285 Pounds. If 200 Pounds is your goal, used is the only option. Best bet may be to contact a local bicyclig club and see if anyone is selling a bike. Fitting would be done by you and/or the seller. You can research this some. But even if you end up with a less than ideal fitting bike, you can still ride it and enjoy bicycling and use the knowledge gained to make sure your next bike fits better. I'd place a higher emphasis on getting the fit done correctly. The difference in comfort (and fun) in riding a bike that fits right vs one that doesn't may very well be the difference between a bike that rots in the garage vs one that changes your outlook on cycling and creates a new addict. This is particularly true for road bikes, which tend to be used on longer rides, and ridden in a way that you're more "rooted" to the bike (meaning that you're not in and out of the saddle so much) compared to, say, mountain biking. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Yes I'm in the UK, near Chesterfield. The only cycle shop I know
round here in James cycle shop, but I don't know if this shop is any good. My mate has a road bike and gets alot of punctures. I've heard that there is a sealant that can be put in to the inertubes to stop punctures or at least seal the inertube faster than doing a normal repair. Is this true? David Maggs |
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Before your start sliming tires, er, tyres, read up a bit about the
different ways in which flats occur. It may be that your friend is, inadvertently, the cause of his flat problems, perhaps without even knowing it. When he flats, does he check the inside of the tire for the cause and remove it? Does he pinch flat (2 small holes in the tube caused when the tire is underinflated and you hit something)? A problem at a nipple hole or with the rim tape? Does he install new tubes properly? Etc., etc. In other words, slime might not be necessary. Regards, Roy Zipris |
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In article
.com, "Roy Zipris" wrote: Before your start sliming tires, er, tyres, read up a bit about the different ways in which flats occur. It may be that your friend is, inadvertently, the cause of his flat problems, perhaps without even knowing it. When he flats, does he check the inside of the tire for the cause and remove it? Does he pinch flat (2 small holes in the tube caused when the tire is underinflated and you hit something)? A problem at a nipple hole or with the rim tape? Does he install new tubes properly? Etc., etc. In other words, slime might not be necessary. Regards, Roy Zipris Another cause of flats is riding over debris on the roadway. The solution is not to ride over debris on the roadway. The difficulty with this solution is the constant attention required to scout the roadway for debris. One moments inattention and you are rolling over junk. Another difficulty is that on a wet road, glass is invisible. When I have inadvertently ridden over glass or something I will stop and check the tire treads for imbedded material. -- Michael Press |
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