New bike - buying advice

Trojan

Hey all,

My trusty mountain bike is finally coming to its last days after a long life of good service. It's becoming a bit costly to get bits and piece replaced regularly, so I'm looking at the possibility of a new bike, and hoping you guys can help.

My current bike is your typical inexpensive 10 yr old, 18-speed "town" mountain bike (with rusted carrier, mudguards and snapped prop). It's done the job, but is past it at this stage methinks.

So, I'm looking for advice on purchasing a fairly inexpensive bike (new or 2nd hand), in the Dublin area (I live in Killester, City Cycles on Fairview is my local shop).

I commute 4 miles or so most days (to & from work), and also do the 4 mile round trip into the city centre fairly often. The bike is used mainly for city riding (which can be quite rough as you know), also there are 1 or 2 tracks around that I like to be able to handle.

I lock up in town quite often too, sometimes in O'Connell St/Molly Malone/Sth Williams St. . My current bike looks in a lot worse shape than it actually is so I never had hassle leaving it there for a couple of hours.

Have you guys any advice on make, model, shops to try, or anything else you can think of?

Cheers,
Al.

Karma

try here:

http://www.bikedock.com/

Best place to buy a bike in Ireland is in the North (Co. Antrim)

Karma

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2 graham

Hey, if you're just looking for something good for riding around town I would recommend something like a Specialised or a GT. You can get a good specialised for about 400 in Cycle Ways on Parnell Street. These bikes have really good frames and components and will last forever if you maintain them.
Also at the moment Cyclogical on Bachelors walk have a couple of Kona's on special offer, one for 400 one for 500. These are really quality bikes and could be upgraded as the frames are superb. I aould recommend looking at the Kona's but either would be a good purchase for the kind of riding you're thinking of.
Happy shopping!

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