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Need help choosing a road bike to buy

summit2summit · 2014-03-05 16:07:15

Hi Boards, I currently own a Giant Seek 1 which I have for sale at the moment. It’s a really solid hybrid bike that gets me in and out of work each day. It’s been a great workhorse for me. However, I wish to upgrade to a pure roadbike as I want to get into a bit of cycling in the Wicklow area ie: Sally Gap etc, but I have…

05-03-2014 5:07pm

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summit2summit

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Hi Boards,

I currently own a Giant Seek 1 which I have for sale at the moment. It’s a really solid hybrid bike that gets me in and out of work each day. It’s been a great workhorse for me.

However, I wish to upgrade to a pure roadbike as I want to get into a bit of cycling in the Wicklow area ie: Sally Gap etc, but I have no clue what to look for....

I was told to buy carbon if possible and also to buy 2nd hand as I would get more for my €.

My budget is about €400

Any help with what to buy would be most appreciated,

Thanks,

s2s

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#2 05-03-2014 7:31pm

Cee-Jay-Cee

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With your budget buy a good alloy frame bike as a carbon bike in that price range will be old, well used and probably not in great shape. You'd want to be doubling your budget to get a half decent spec carbon bike.

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#3 06-03-2014 12:54am

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Moved to main forum, the adverts forum is for buying and selling only

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#4 06-03-2014 2:37pm

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Check halfords for any deals on carerra range at that price.

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