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  • #2
    thejaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭thejaguar


    Any reason you aren't looking at dropped handlebars - i.e. a racer?
    What do you plan to use the bike for?


  • #3
    powerstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭powerstar


    It's mainly for commuting and some leisure cycling. I thought about road bike but I have lower back pain and thinking dropped handle bars make more worst as I will be riding in more aggressive position. That's what shop assistant suggested so looking for a more comfortable riding position.


  • #4
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    Drop bar bikes actually have more places to put your hands so you can vary your riding position more than a flat bar.
    I have a road bike and commute on one too, and I also have back problems. I rarely use the drops myself apart from when it's really windy.


  • #5
    thejaguar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭thejaguar


    triggermortis wrote: »
    Drop bar bikes actually have more places to put your hands so you can vary your riding position more than a flat bar.
    I have a road bike and commute on one too, and I also have back problems. I rarely use the drops myself apart from when it's really windy.

    I was thinking along those lines myself - you can move around a bit more on the dropped handlebars.
    They also look way cooler.....

    Depends on the issues with your back though - you don't really want to mess around there.


  • #6
    route66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭route66


    powerstar wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I am considering below bikes


    Lapierre Shaper 300 -1009
    https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=89154


    Canondale Quick Speed 1 - Euro 1149
    https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=88626


    Canondale Quick Speed 3 - Euro 949

    https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=88636


    I am confused to choose ? Any advise from the people who used these bikes? Which one do you think better?

    This may be unpopular, but don't discount flat bar bikes just because most here would recommend a road bike in preference. I have a number of bikes would always prefer my flat bar bike when commuting for some of the following reasons:
    • More back friendly position
    • Easier/faster access to brakes
    • More upright position gives better visibility in traffic

    You can fit bar-ends to overcome the problem with limited hand-position options on flat-bar bikes.

    My flat bar bike is a Trek FX 7.3 and I have done rides of up to 90kms on it without a problem. My road bike is a heavily upgraded Felt Z6 which is better than the Trek for longer journeys but - in my opinion - not as good for shorter commuting spins.

    In terms of the bikes you list above, they would all be good for what you want; it may just come down to picking the one you like the best.


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