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Starter Road Bike - How Much

  • 27-03-2012 9:36am
    #1
    Chet Zar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Quick one! Looking to get into cycling properly, and want a sleek and solid starter bike! Saw a very nice looking one yesterday in local shop - €750.

    That sound reasonable? It looks class!


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  • #2
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Chet Zar wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    Quick one! Looking to get into cycling properly, and want a sleek and solid starter bike! Saw a very nice looking one yesterday in local shop - €750.

    That sound reasonable? It looks class!

    Brand? Model? Spec?

    Hard to tell whether the price is reasonable given the info you've provided :o


  • #3
    tribalwings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭tribalwings


    Now I'm just a lurker. Would love to get into cycling but I'm stoney broke and not working. Don't think the wife would appreciate me going off for hours at a time and leaving the kids on their own either. But this question does seem to come up an awful lot. Would there be any way the people in the know could make a sticky with a list of bikes in each price range or spec? Just so people would have an idea what to keep an eye out for


  • #4
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    tribalwings wrote: »
    Now I'm just a lurker. Would love to get into cycling but I'm stoney broke and not working. Don't think the wife would appreciate me going off for hours at a time and leaving the kids on their own either. But this question does seem to come up an awful lot. Would there be any way the people in the know could make a sticky with a list of bikes in each price range or spec? Just so people would have an idea what to keep an eye out for

    g0g is working on one here.


  • #5
    tribalwings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭tribalwings


    Thanks. Sorry for hijacking the thread


  • #6
    Chet Zar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Chet Zar


    colm_gti wrote: »
    Brand? Model? Spec?

    Hard to tell whether the price is reasonable given the info you've provided :o

    Thought someone might ask that :) I was too taken with the dizzying array of shiny bikes to notice such trifling details! Well, all I know is that it is a something 1.1! I was asking about starter bikes and that was the first one he showed me. Seems like a standard, medium-price model. The guy knows my bro as well so he is throwing a 60 quid helmet in gratis!
    tribalwings wrote: »
    Thanks. Sorry for hijacking the thread

    Hijack away! we've something in common anyway and sounds like we're both newbs :)

    The idea of just heading off in weather like this on a bike (or any weather, apart from snow, maybe), sounds great right now...I also need to lose weight and get fitter and I have always loved the freedom of cycling. So this could be the way to go :)


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  • #7
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Chet Zar wrote: »
    Thought someone might ask that :) I was too taken with the dizzying array of shiny bikes to notice such trifling details! Well, all I know is that it is a something 1.1! I was asking about starter bikes and that was the first one he showed me. Seems like a standard, medium-price model. The guy knows my bro as well so he is throwing a 60 quid helmet in gratis!
    Probably a trek so.
    http://www.wheelworx.ie/bikes/road-bikes/road-bikes-men/trek-1-1-2012


  • #8
    Chet Zar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Chet Zar


    kenmc wrote: »
    Probably a trek so.
    http://www.wheelworx.ie/bikes/road-bikes/road-bikes-men/trek-1-1-2012

    Yes sir! A very nice looking job I must say! Knew it was something like 'trek'..

    Decent enough for a first bike?


  • #9
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    it's grand, nothing special, you're paying more for the brand name advertising than the components vs a similarly priced cube, vitus, focus perhaps. worth looking around see if you can get last years model of e.g. a felt f85 or similar for the same money


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