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Is this suitable for occasional cycling?

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  • #2
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Take your €100ish and go to adverts.ie and get a second hand trek/giant/felt/specialised/other decent brand mountain bike or hybrid instead of buying one of those yokes.

    The things in the link are what cyclists call BSO's or Bicycle Shaped Objects.


  • #3
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    +1 on what seaneh said, and for a cheap 2nd hand bike, look for one with no suspension. Something like one of these;

    http://www.adverts.ie/hybrid-bikes/specialized-sirrus/5782029
    http://www.adverts.ie/hybrid-bikes/specialized-sirrus-medium/5779856
    http://www.adverts.ie/hybrid-bikes/carrera-subway/5771029


  • #4
    Rockin
    Registered Users Posts: 495 ✭✭Rockin


    Thank you both - would you recommend anywhere in Cork to look or just keep an eye online ?


  • #5
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Rockin wrote: »
    Thank you both - would you recommend anywhere in Cork to look or just keep an eye online ?

    Check your local bike shops to see if they carry 2nd hand bikes. That's where I picked up my first bike since childhood a few years back.


  • #6
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Yeah local bike shop, especially one that does rentals, will be a good place to start.


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  • #7
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Bikes are not toys.


  • #8
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,141 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Bikes are not toys.
    Are you sure about that?


  • #9
    Rockin
    Registered Users Posts: 495 ✭✭Rockin


    Hi guys

    Just saw this for just over 300 in the Cork Halfords

    Anyone have any opinions ?

    http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes/carrera-gryphon-hybrid-bike-large-21


  • #10
    Bravobabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭Bravobabe


    HIjacking


  • #11
    delos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭delos


    Rockin wrote: »
    Hi guys

    Just saw this for just over 300 in the Cork Halfords

    Anyone have any opinions ?

    http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes/carrera-gryphon-hybrid-bike-large-21

    If it is just for getting around campus / Cork City you really would be better off taking a look at the bike shops in the city for a second hand bike as suggested above :).

    I know at least two of them do a fair few second hand bikes and at least one of them has a student rental scheme so you could rent one for the term as needs be. There are only a handful of bike shops in Cork so a quick session ringing round to narrow down the number you have to call into will mean that you could make your purchase in about half a day. If they have nothing suitable ask them to keep you in mind when they get "new" secondhand stuff.


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  • #12
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Bikes are toys for fat boys.


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