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Recommendations for a bike

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  • 17-11-2019 9:08am
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    Away With The Fairies
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    I'm so close to buying a bike but don't know what to go for. I always felt safer on a mountain bike, I don't know why that is. But I'd be getting around town and doing a 4km spin into work and back home again. But I'm very unfit, so not sure if that makes a difference. I'll start of slowly though.

    Is a hybrid bike the way to go?


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    #2
    Away With The Fairies
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    I should probably give a budget for a bike. You can spend thousands on a bike. If I had thousands, I'd be buying a second hand car. I won't be buying it under the BTW scheme, so out of my own pocket. So preferably a bike under 500.

    I was looking at the Liv Flourish but not sure. It's probably expensive because if all the extras: basket, rack, kickstand. But I will be adding all these to the bike eventually anyway.

    There's so much bikes to choose from that I want to have some idea before looking. So any help would be great.


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    Maidhci
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    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I'm so close to buying a bike but don't know what to go for. I always felt safer on a mountain bike, I don't know why that is. But I'd be getting around town and doing a 4km spin into work and back home again. But I'm very unfit, so not sure if that makes a difference. I'll start of slowly though.

    Is a hybrid bike the way to go?

    A hybrid bike would be a good choice for what you outline here BUT you should always go with what you are comfortable with, not what others recommend. I have no experience of mountain bikes at all, I use both a road bike and a hybrid bike very frequently.

    As you are familiar with a mountain bike, why not try out a hybrid and see how you get on? Bear in mind that hybrid bikes come / can be fitted with various tyre widths - that may / may not be relevant to you, as you state that you felt more comfortable on a mountain bike, perhaps because of wider tyres etc. etc.

    If not availing of B2W scheme, why not look at a used bike for starters - good value available on usual websites. Hope this helps and best of luck.


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    machiavellianme
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    If only doing short spins in and around town, I'd recommend a hybrid as you sit more upright and can see around you better. There's millions of options but you've already outlined a good one. The Giant Liv range are high quality and bang for buck. My wife swears by hers. She picked up a Thrive 2 (last years model for 600) and haggled to get lights and mudguards thrown in. It's incredibly lightweight and has disc brakes which makes stopping in the rain a lot easier. I bought a clip on basket for her from ebay for 15 euro and a helmet in the Halfords sale for 25. You don't need everything up front (apart from lights).


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