Road bike for Girlfriend

jesus_thats_gre

Hey Guys,

Helping my girlfriend get sorted with her first road bike. She is very much a starter so not looking to spend serious money - aiming for circa 750 euro.

Been looking at some of the mainstream brands and there doesn't seem to many available that use decent components - Shimano Sora for example.

As such, more than happy to go with a non-mainstream brand but where it gets difficult is that 500euro of the cost will be paid for using a One4all voucher.

I will obviously take her in to get sized to confirm but aiming for either a M or L sized bike (she is 5'10).

Cheers in advance.

fits

http://totalwomenscycling.com/road-cycling/road-bikes/10-road-bikes-for-under-1000-25816/

Might help?

BoardsMember

I thought you were looking for a swap....

jesus_thats_gre

I have a Scott Speedster 20 so she has her eye on a Scot as well. I was looking at he 40/50 Speedster and 35/45 Contessa ranges. Seem to solve the problem as a few shows in town take the vouchers.

jesus_thats_gre

BoardsMember wrote: »

I thought you were looking for a swap....

If you saw her, you would give up all of your bikes

Masala

Classic joke coming up.....

".... willing to trade. Can u send pic of Girlfriend first?...."

OP... you walked into that one!!

TonyStark

Have you had a look at some of the Giant Avail? If you could stretch a little bit.

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bikes/model/2013.liv.giant.avail.3/11866/56906/

There is always a few places that might still have last years model in as well, so a deal could be done.

couerdelion

You're restricting your search just looking at womens bikes especially as she's no smaller height wise than a lot of men - both my wifes are normal road bikes and she's happy with them.

MB Lacey

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I have a Scott Speedster 20 so she has her eye on a Scot as well. I was looking at he 40/50 Speedster and 35/45 Contessa ranges. Seem to solve the problem as a few shows in town take the vouchers.

Be aware that those Scotts you mention (apart from your own) are triples, which are no fun.
Manufacturers seem to make a lot of the cheaper wsd bikes triples, drives me mad.
As you go up in price you start to have a few compact options, but then they stick on a Claris groupset (the new Trek wsd bikes).
I was in a shop yesterday which was selling a Specialized wsd compact for £1400, it had a Sora groupset!
Like someone mentioned, if she's 5ft10 she'd be fine with a non wsd bike.

TheBlaaMan

Halfords sometimes have older/surplus/I dont know why offers on women-specfic Boardmans, so it might be worth popping down to your local branch. They will have stuff thats not on their website, although maybe not in your local branch - ask them to check others.

They have the Boardman Road Sport Fi Bike 2014 at €600 at the moment - or for €100 less the new (Victoria) Pendleton brand - and although both have the Claris 8 speed group (the new name for the 2300 group, I think?) thats a fairly good price - and you dont have to try too hard to obtain a 10% discount voucher for Halfords

jesus_thats_gre

Cheers for all the replies! More than happy to go with a guys bike for her - assume the saddle will just need changing?

jesus_thats_gre

Oh yeah, keep seeing Tektro brakes on the cheaper bikes recently. Are they any use?

on_the_nickel

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

If you saw her, you would give up all of your bikes

If she's on boards, that is velvety smooooooth. If not, you need to HTFU.