[Request]Cheap bike for to/from work

Paddy_man

Anyone know where is the best place to buy a cheap bicycle. Have just moved house and am off the busroute to work now, have to walk nearlyy 2 miles (i know its not far, but galway gets a little wet in winter). Any suggestions as to where i can get a cheap on either online or in any stores around Galway...

Cheers
Paddyman

neacy69

I think dunnes had bikes recently for about €90
try somewhere like buy and sell for 2nd hand cheap/stolen ones

http://www.buyandsell.ie/browse.php?quicksearch=bike&textopt=all&ofr_wan=ofr_wan&priv_trade=priv_trade&area=25&s=0&g=0&price1=&price2=&daysonline=0&bSearch=Search


or you could try goin to the local garda station and trying to claim one from them!!!

dingding

IF you know someone who has insurance with axa, www.axaplus.ie they can get 15%discount in Halfords including bikes.

Ordo

got one in dunnes recently for 90euro. its excellent. Tesco also had ones for 99euro.

Mimikyu

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Paddy_man

Thanks guy, will check those leads out....
Next issue, to Helmet or not to helmet :P

fdevine

This is the one in Smyths - looks good for €99

http://www.toys.ie/product_details.jsp?npc=D10865#

sioda

Try your local garda statio they often sell off repo'd bikes for pittance

Mimikyu

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green123

http://www.sterlinghouse.co.uk/

bikes from 40 sterling, shipping 15
so about 80 euro

fdevine

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Smyths in Blanchardstown had them on display last week. You can check if your nearest store has them in stock on the Smyths website.

www.toys.ie

cherrio

Was in Halifords over the weekend, they had a special offer on a bike, €85, quite a good price I think. It had front & rear disc brakes, 18 grip shift gears.

Can any one tell me, are the disc brakes any good? I want something reliably rather than flashy. Are they messy, how often do pads have to be changed, how difficult is it to change them, etc.. ? Which (disc or normal) brakes are the best to go for?

rebelbmx

I work in a bike shop and to be honest I would stay away from those bikes around the hundred euro mark, what you really want is a rigid frame(no suspension) and either rigid or suspension front forks, you would be able to pick up a nice bicycle for around 250euro. Mechanical disk brakes are terrible and expensive to fix you would be better off with just v-brakes. Also if you buy from a bicycle shop the bicycle would be assembled properly where as if you buy one from dunnes, etc you have to do some of the assembly yourself, I have fixed many of these dunnes,supervalu,aldi,etc bicycles and alot of them are assembled wrong and just fall apart.

mikemac

fdevine wrote:

This is the one in Smyths - looks good for €99

http://www.toys.ie/product_details.jsp?npc=D10865#

Please don't buy one of these OP. They're unreliable (my gears seized after 3 weeks), they are assembled badly and dangerously by teenagers and they weigh a ton.

I regret the day I bought one.
I think you'd be better off spending €200 and getting a good bike from a cycle shop. Some stock second-hand bikes too.