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bike choice help please - relative newbie

  • 22-03-2015 10:51pm
    #1
    5p9arw38djv2b4
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    Hello, anyone help me distinguish between the 3 bikes the bike shops have recommended for me? Novice cyclist - 20-50k leisure trips, ring of kerry and some charity cycles, I'm unlikely to ever do much more than what I do at the moment, fair weather cyclist!

    Can get one on the Bike to Work, but what to choose... 3 identified below were recommended by the bike shop. I hesitate to buy something more expensive as I dont know much about bikes, and i dont want to spend excessive amount of time cleaning and doing maintenance so I'd like it to be able to stand up to a bit of relative rough and tumble!

    Giant Liv Avail 3 €899
    Trek Lexa S €899 (or even just the Lexa €779)
    Merida Juliet ride 100 €750

    thoughts knowledgeable people?! the carbon forks and calris/ sora shifters differences go straight over my head so i dont really know what is best!


Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Don't limit yourself to ladies bikes. A properly fitted bike will be uni-sex.

    My girlfriend has a giant defy 4 and is happy with it.


  • #3
    eclectichoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    I have a Giant Avail 2 (it cost €925 so might be worth the extra few quid - it has tiagra over the avail 3) and can't fault it yet - touch wood! :)


  • #4
    Just a little Samba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 892 ✭✭✭Just a little Samba


    Womens bikes usually only have a few differences geometry wise from mens bikes, this is because generally women have long legs and short torso's compared to men's short legs and long torsos. For example a if man was 5'9" it would not be unusual or him to have a 30" inseam where as a women of the same height would more often than not have an inseam of 36".

    The only other real difference is that women's bikes come with women's saddles which are usually wider than mens saddles. So you could potentially just buy a unisex bike and source your own saddle and you'd be grand once you got it properly fitted in a local bike shop.


  • #5
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,771 ✭✭✭✭fits


    I have a 2012 giant avail 2 and am very happy with it. At least I was before being stood down with neck injury. Probably should sell it now. :(


  • #6
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Just a little Samba wrote: »
    The only other real difference is that women's bikes come with women's saddles which are usually wider than mens saddles. So you could potentially just buy a unisex bike and source your own saddle and you'd be grand once you got it properly fitted in a local bike shop.

    Saddle isn't the only difference and they are not necessarily wider, just a different shape. Handlebars, stem and sometimes the shape of the frame are different. I think women's specific bikes are better described as bikes for smaller people.


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