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Road bike advice

  • 29-07-2009 7:03pm
    #1
    coolbeans
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    Hey all, little bit of help needed. I've recently moved home to Tipp after several on and off years living in Dublin where I cycled almost everywhere. I loved the buzz of the daily commute and I'm sure I passed loads of ye over the years as I was REALLY competitive and made it my mission to overtake everyone I came across. (yeah, I'm one of those dickheads :D) My commute was about 9KM each way and it was easily the best part of my day. Anyway, I really miss the cycling so I'd like to buy a simple enough road bike that is tough, relatively speaking and will meet the needs of a beginner distance cyclist. Really don't want to spend over €800 and will consider both new and used. I'm 188cm tall or 6'2 in imperial. I'd be very appreciative if you could proffer me some advice.
    Thanks,
    CB.


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  • #2
    coolbeans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    Anyone?


  • #3
    CheGuedara
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    Well if you could get your hands on one a Giant Defy 2.5 should come in on budget (or close to it) and would be a very reliable and good road bike to start off on (i.e. good price to weight, quality components and not too severe geometry).

    Problem is that with the bike to work scheme in action it's a bit of a trick to find a bike in the e800-e1200 bracket right now


  • #4
    coolbeans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    Oh buggger, have the prices gone up as a result of the cycle to work scheme?


  • #5
    CheGuedara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,031 ✭✭✭CheGuedara


    No - not that the prices have gone up (though there have been rumblings about shenanigans by bike shops re. price increases, and next years bikes may be slightly more expensive due to increased componentry costs).

    What seems to have happened largely on the heels of the bike to work scheme is that with the inflated number of bikes being bough that the Irish allocation of bikes by the major manufacturers (Giant, Trek etc) have almost been or have been sold out and until the 2010 stock comes on line (prob sometime from September onwards) bikes in that price bracket may be more difficult to source than previously. More difficult but probably not impossible.

    Would recommend the Defys though if you can track one down - many of my club started on Giant OCR/SCRs (the previous name for the range) and they've been shown capable of everything we've thrown at them.


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