Road bikes

Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike might
cost?

"Doki" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike might
cost?

(New)
300 quid - very very servicable (if that means taking it in for services ho
ho ... poor quality joke).
It would seem you need to pay more to get things that are created out of
something than the parts bin from a few years back.
At just over 500 quid there are all sorts, including things from the likes
of ribble and Giant.

Thats assuming you mean something approximating a road race bike.
Otherwise its "Dawes Horizon" for something with drops, or a big can of
worms if we delve further into bicycles that do a reasonable job of getting
you from A to B on a road.

Doki wrote:
Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike
might cost?

Depends on what you want to do. Entry level to get you around a rac
might be £500, top end bikes £2500+. You could by second hand for less

You could get a bike from Halfords, LBS, etc. for less, but good luck t
you if you choose this option


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W K wrote:
"Doki" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike
might cost?

(New)
300 quid - very very servicable (if that means taking it in for
services ho ho ... poor quality joke).
It would seem you need to pay more to get things that are created out
of something than the parts bin from a few years back.
At just over 500 quid there are all sorts, including things from the
likes of ribble and Giant.

Thats assuming you mean something approximating a road race bike.
Otherwise its "Dawes Horizon" for something with drops, or a big can
of worms if we delve further into bicycles that do a reasonable job
of getting you from A to B on a road.

I'm not entirely sure . I don't want to be full on cycling short man, just
something fairly light and with road tyres...

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Doki wrote:
Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike
might cost?


Depends on what you want to do. Entry level to get you around a race
might be £500, top end bikes £2500+. You could by second hand for less.

You could get a bike from Halfords, LBS, etc. for less, but good luck to
you if you choose this option.



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Look at £300 minimum, £500 would be better. £2500 would get you a Vortex
frame alone! Look second-hand, but make sure you, or a friend knows
what to look for. A lot of cyclist chop in for a new bike every year,
let them (me!) pay the deprecation! Oh, and get measured too, save you
money in the long run.


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"Doki" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike
might cost?

Thats assuming you mean something approximating a road race bike.
Otherwise its "Dawes Horizon" for something with drops, or a big can
of worms if we delve further into bicycles that do a reasonable job
of getting you from A to B on a road.

I'm not entirely sure . I don't want to be full on cycling short man, just
something fairly light and with road tyres...

What do you want it for?

If one takes 'road bike' to mean something that's predominantly for
cycling on the road, (as oppose to an energy-sucking mountain bike)
road bikes include - Racing bikes
- Audax bikes
- Touring bikes
- Hybrid bikes
- Recumbent variants of all of the above
- Tricycle variants of all of the above
- Tandem variants...
- etc

My guess is that if you wanted a racing bike you would know you wanted a
racing bike. They're built for speed over comfort - I've never owned one
so I shouldn't say any more about them.

Touring bikes look like racing bikes (curly drop handlebars), but they're
stronger, more comfortable, more practical, can take mudguards, are slower
(but still waaay less work than a mountain bike).

Audax bikes are somewhere in between racing bikes and tourers. They're
built for people to ride crazy distances - like 400 Km in one go -
so they have to be comfortable but also quite fast.

Hybrid bikes look superficially like mountain bikes because they have
flat handlebars rather than drop handlebars, but they have narrower
tyres and probably no suspension. This makes them less work, but perhaps
because they often use mountain bike components they tend to be the
cheaper option. A friend just bought a perfectly serviceable hybrid with a
rear luggage carrier for about £200. I've ridden it for 50 miles at a
decent lick and whilst I'd prefer a proper tourer every time, I had a nice
day.

Tell us a bit more about yourself - whether you want the bike for
exercise, work, competition, how far you expect to ride and whether you'll
need to take luggage - and we might be able to give you more advice.

AC

Tell us a bit more about yourself - whether you want the bike for
exercise, work, competition, how far you expect to ride and whether you'll
need to take luggage - and we might be able to give you more advice.

And what kind of surfaces you'd want to ride it on - just tarmac or wil it go on
any bridleways etc?

"anonymous coward" wrote in message
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If one takes 'road bike' to mean something that's predominantly for
cycling on the road, (as oppose to an energy-sucking mountain bike)
....
Hybrid bikes ... they have narrower
tyres and probably no suspension.

A rigid mountain bike can be fitted with slick wheels, and hey presto.
Admittedly there are almost none of these left new, but there are second
hand ones (choose a good make).

They can make good general purpose bikes, and I've done 1000s of miles on
such bikes.

anonymous coward wrote in message e...
"Doki" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me some ideas on what a servicable basic road bike
might cost?

Thats assuming you mean something approximating a road race bike.
Otherwise its "Dawes Horizon" for something with drops, or a big can
of worms if we delve further into bicycles that do a reasonable job
of getting you from A to B on a road.

I'm not entirely sure . I don't want to be full on cycling short man, just
something fairly light and with road tyres...

What do you want it for?

If one takes 'road bike' to mean something that's predominantly for
cycling on the road, (as oppose to an energy-sucking mountain bike)
road bikes include - Racing bikes
- Audax bikes
- Touring bikes
- Hybrid bikes
- Recumbent variants of all of the above
- Tricycle variants of all of the above
- Tandem variants...
- etc

My guess is that if you wanted a racing bike you would know you wanted a
racing bike. They're built for speed over comfort - I've never owned one
so I shouldn't say any more about them.

Touring bikes look like racing bikes (curly drop handlebars), but they're
stronger, more comfortable, more practical, can take mudguards, are slower
(but still waaay less work than a mountain bike).

Audax bikes are somewhere in between racing bikes and tourers. They're
built for people to ride crazy distances - like 400 Km in one go -

That's not crazy, that's middle distance. 1400
(London-Edinburgh-London) that's crazy!

"MartinM" wrote in message
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That's not crazy, that's middle distance. 1400
(London-Edinburgh-London) that's crazy!

Yes. Fancy wanting to cycle in London