Bike Review....Gepida

Big Nelly

Ok, just ordered a Gepida Alboin 300 CRS bike today. Its on the bike to work scheme. I currently have Giant Aluxx 6000 and was looking for a refresh

I have checked online and can't find any reviews, or to be correct the ones I find are in German. Has anyone experience of these bikes? are they good?

http://www.gepida.hu/eng-usa/product/bike/2012_alboin_300_crs/

Thansk

Tonyandthewhale

I've never been able to understand why anyone would want a suspension fork on a hybrid and I probably never will.

Big Nelly

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

I've never been able to understand why anyone would want a suspension fork on a hybrid and I probably never will.

Never really thought about it, I have Giant Aluxx 6000 series and its on it and found it handy on it........

lochdara

Big Nelly wrote: »

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

I've never been able to understand why anyone would want a suspension fork on a hybrid and I probably never will.

Never really thought about it, I have Giant Aluxx 6000 series and its on it and found it handy on it........

Hope ya dont mind me comment but I'm in the market for a hybrid. If ur doing 50 -60% road and the rest stones, trails and mud is this bike not the better option over a road bike. I changed my plan from mtb to hybrid with disc/suspension. Havent purchased yet.

Big Nelly

lochdara wrote: »

Hope ya dont mind me comment but I'm in the market for a hybrid. If ur doing 50 -60% road and the rest stones, trails and mud is this bike not the better option over a road bike. I changed my plan from mtb to hybrid with disc/suspension. Havent purchased yet.

Am on similar plan, mostly on roads/estates but like the option in park to go across the fields etc so hybrid was best option. Not looking for a racer.

I have mountain bike at the moment and never had a problem but the misses got a hybrid a few weeks ago, done a 10k cycle last night and she was flying along while I was killing myself keeping up due to mountain bike resistance on road.

The front suspension I was looking for was just for coming off paths, on the bike above which I was going to get, there is a little flick switch to turn off if required......

Was just looking has anyone any experience of them? I have seen a few reviews online with 4-5 stars out of 5 but all in german!!

smacl

Big Nelly wrote: »

I have mountain bike at the moment and never had a problem but the misses got a hybrid a few weeks ago, done a 10k cycle last night and she was flying along while I was killing myself keeping up due to mountain bike resistance on road.!

A fair part of that is just down to tyres. Maybe chuck a pair of slicks for €23 and see how that works for you. I've also got a hybrid with suspension, but it doesn't get used much since I picked up a 2nd hand road bike. You don't need the suspension to get you across fields or unpaved coilte tracks, again it's more about the tyres.

Big Nelly

smacl wrote: »

A fair part of that is just down to tyres. Maybe chuck a pair of slicks for €23 and see how that works for you. I've also got a hybrid with suspension, but it doesn't get used much since I picked up a 2nd hand road bike. You don't need the suspension to get you across fields or unpaved coilte tracks, again it's more about the tyres.

Yeah I know its the tyres, but I have the bike to work so going to use that, keep the other Mountain bike then for the rough off road stuff(down the canel beside me where a mountain bike is needed)

DirkVoodoo

Bit late to be asking for reviews after having ordered one.

It looks like a very basic hybrid, I'm not sure what a review would tell anyone other than it's a heavy alloy frame with a cheap suntour fork and basic shimano parts. It will get you from A to B.

I'd be worried about the wheels. "Own brand" hubs...

EDIT: As for the reviews, are you sure these aren't customer reviews? I'm sure people in the market for cheap bikes are of the BSO variety and anything that has two wheels for under a 100 euro is a winner. Not the most discerning testers.

lochdara

As its a similair thread to what i wanted to start can i ask am i wasting my time looking at the following bikes

Giant Roam 1
Kellys Definite
Specalised crosstail sport disc.
there are a few others but thats the idea.


All in the €650-1000 mark. All with lockout shocks.
Im not sure if weight is an issue for this style. Im 74 kg , if i loose a kilo in wieght i save the cost of a different bike price range. There all around 13.5kg depneding on size of frame of course.
If not what based on that style what should i be looking at.

Big Nelly

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Bit late to be asking for reviews after having ordered one.

It looks like a very basic hybrid, I'm not sure what a review would tell anyone other than it's a heavy alloy frame with a cheap suntour fork and basic shimano parts. It will get you from A to B.

I'd be worried about the wheels. "Own brand" hubs...

EDIT: As for the reviews, are you sure these aren't customer reviews? I'm sure people in the market for cheap bikes are of the BSO variety and anything that has two wheels for under a 100 euro is a winner. Not the most discerning testers.

Well it is kept but not really ordered, it was in shop so no order from shop. The guy in shop did say they had replaced the tyres with different ones. Can't think of name of tyres now.

Not really for massive high performance cycling or anythign. doing around 12-15k about 2-3 days a week with Giant I have. Probably looking to move up closer to 20-30k

They had a Felt one: http://www.citycycles.ie/images/hybrid/qx75.jpg which was about 100 euro cheaper but less gears and he said worse wheels

Also way more than 100 euro

Tonyandthewhale

lochdara wrote: »

Hope ya dont mind me comment but I'm in the market for a hybrid. If ur doing 50 -60% road and the rest stones, trails and mud is this bike not the better option over a road bike. I changed my plan from mtb to hybrid with disc/suspension. Havent purchased yet.

A cheap suspension fork won't make a huge amount of difference to your off-road capability. Appropriate tyres and the correct frame geometry will make a much bigger difference. Disc brakes will also prove handy on wet days when riding off road but for most conditions rim brakes are fine if you're not actually mountain biking and pushing yourself and your bike to the limits.

I have a fully rigid mountain bike that I've brought on trails I'd never dream of riding on a hybrid with a crappy suntour suspension fork.

If you're mostly going to be riding on the road and might occasionally cut across fields or coilte fire-roads or the like I'd get a hybrid like the trek fx or giant escape with rigid fork, v-brakes and room for larger tyres than you'd find on a road bike.

ednwireland

if that felt is this one http://www.wheelworx.ie/felt/QX75-2011 prob a slightly better spec

Icyseanfitz

my opinion is to keep the mtb put some slicks on it and then you have a bike that will work nearly if not as good as that hybrid, then have a racer for days when your doing nothing but road cycling, never liked heavy hybrids with suspension, just dont see the point in them