any cyclists on here? Advice needed

I'm thinking of getting a bike for a bit of trail and road biking. Got up to £300 to spend but wanting a bit of advice on what's best for my money. Been looking at a carerra subway, vengeance and Vulcan but I don't have a Scooby on what to look out for regarding specs etc. Cheers in advance

 

I got a Carrera Zelos for a charity bike ride I did last year and loved it. I know naff all about bikes but them with more expensive ones with me kept breaking down, mine kept going.

 

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/dawes/giro-200-2013-road-bike-ec050869

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/product-images-large/mekk-pinerolo-al-zr-sora-road-bike-78725.jpg
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/mekk-pinerolo-al-zr-sora-road-bike-id78725.html
if you can budget a tad more

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/claud-butler-elite-r2-road-bike-id83139.html

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/ventura-vitesse-alloy-road-bike-id79146.html

the last one has SORA on it which is pretty good,


anyway that's what I would do, but please please please allow money for a good not decent but good helmet

 

get a nice cheap hybrid and go dog ***** dodging down the trans pennine

 

where abouts in monk Bretton are you ?

 

I'm near redfearns glass works on the new Ben bailey estate near cudeth bridge

 

Change of budget now. I'm allowed £500 lol

 

I'm up at the back of sainsburys in the o.a.p. bungalows, theres some good rides around here, you can pick one up at the side of the bridge inn that takes you to stairfoot then onto the trans pennine trail and upto Penistone or over to donny

 

B-twin bikes at Decathlon get great reviews. Hybrid perfect for road and trail, thats how I got started 3 years ago. I had a cheap mountain bike when I started, and then bought a Scott hybrid when I'd lost a stone and half. £360 from Geared Up in Wombwell, never had a bit of bother from it. Best advice, get good tyres. My bike has got better rubber than my car.

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I got a Scott Aspect 710 a couple of months ago through the cycle to work scheme £600 worth of push iron and I fcking love it just been out for a steady hour this evening.

1 tip purchase some padded shorts and a gel seat.

Otherwise your arse and ball bag will tingle for around a week after

 

Only a week? Ya jammy bar steward

 

problem I'm having is whether to go mountain or hybrid. Main use is gonna be trail but maybe a little road too. Been looking at a boardman this aft but not had the balls to go for it.

 

Seen some nice Boardmans in Halfrauds today.

I'd always go mountain bike and have a spare set of tyres. We live in such a fantastic area of the country for off road and the TPT it's a shame to even have to go on road.

 

wa hey,aye up neighbour,what street do you live on mate?.

 

I got one on the cycle to work scheme (Cannondale, not sure what model), trouble with that is their eyes light up in the shop when you tell them that's how you're paying and think I ended up with a load of stuff I didn't need...ended up being about £750, bike was just under £600 if I remember right.

It's a good scheme though, zero finance charge and as it comes out of your wage before tax you do save a fair bit, think I've just got one payment left now.

 

Exactly the same happened to me, I ended up with £150 worth of accessories

 

The one I was most annoyed about was the computer thing, £50 for some generic device that I could have got off Amazon for a tenner. For some reason I was just walking round nodding like a Churchill dog while I was in the shop that day, probably because I didn't want to come across as the complete novice cyclist that I am.

 

howdy neighbour. West green av mate near entrance into estate. Moved here in 2006. How's about u pal?

 

Just round corner from thi spadge,I'm on kingwood close,moved here 2 and half years ago.