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Bike advice please
Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also good at mild off
road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Budget up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not? -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Have a look at http://www.ridgeback.co.uk you should find something to your taste there. I have an older Ridgeback hybrid and it meets all of your needs, cant see why the more recent models woan't. up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not? Mine doesn't have suspension and it copes with all of the surfaces that you want to ride on. |
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vernon levy wrote: Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Have a look at http://www.ridgeback.co.uk you should find something to your taste there. I have an older Ridgeback hybrid and it meets all of your needs, cant see why the more recent models woan't. up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not? Mine doesn't have suspension and it copes with all of the surfaces that you want to ride on. I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain the OP's thinking of riding on, but my mate's £200 Ridgeback Hybrid has a suspension seatpost, which IMO is quite a nice thing to have. |
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I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain the OP's thinking of riding on, but my mate's £200 Ridgeback Hybrid has a suspension seatpost, which IMO is quite a nice thing to have. Casting my mind back, I did the C2C which has all of the surfaces metioned by the OP on a road bike with no ill effects to me or the bike. I can't comment on a suspension seat post. I rely on ample padding that's an anatomical feature of my frame :-) |
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in message , Tumbleweed
') wrote: Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Budget up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not? Probably not for the sort of thing you plan to do, unless you plan to do it very fast. There are some suspension forms which are designed for limited travel suspension - just a little bit to take the edge off - but they're quite expensive. Mountain bike style suspension would be overkill and would have weight penalties and possibly efficiency penalties. Fairly large section tyres, however, would be a good idea. Try a good hybrid. Of course, if you *want* an excuse to spend more, look at the Cannondale Street Rohloff: URL:http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/04/ce/model-4SS5K.html -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; ... exposing the violence incoherent in the system... |
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Doki wrote:
I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain the OP's thinking of riding on, but my mate's £200 Ridgeback Hybrid has a suspension seatpost, which IMO is quite a nice thing to have. We have Ridgeback Adventures and they're comfortable to ride. Suspension forks and seatpost. |
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 09:37:26 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Budget up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not? I bought a Dawes Tanami for Mrs C-F. She is delighted with it. It has guards, rack, suspension seat-post. -- Cheers, Al |
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