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Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:09 am
by timble
I am going to get myself a new Road Bike and scrap my Hybrid thing, which has cost me £200 (for than the bike) in repairs.
Being a lanky git I need a bike with a 58.5cm frame so I think I'm going for a Giant Defy 2 at £800.
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bik ... 861/38959/Thing is, it's a lot of dosh for something I know nothing about. Does anyone else do this cycling thing? And who are Giant?
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:12 am
by LewisD
That is the best website name I have ever seen
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:19 am
by timble
LewisD's Christmas Name wrote:That is the best website name I have ever seen
I've just spotted the 09 model for £694
www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/1899 ... _Bike_2009 Hmmm tempted. I'm tempted to hit the purchase button...
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:46 am
by timble
Phew.. Checked some reviews on them before I bought and glad I didn't buy from them. As nobody else cares, here's a picture of an Asian girl on a bike..
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:16 am
by TigaSefi
Mate, if you are going to buy a bike for that much dosh, go to a local bike shop and have it kitted out for your lanky frame especially.
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:06 am
by Slartibartfast
TigaSefi wrote:Mate, if you are going to buy a bike for that much dosh, go to a local bike shop and have it kitted out for your lanky frame especially.
Very true, make sure that frame is right for you by going to a shop. Then order it on-line.
Giant are a well trusted and decent brand, I wouldn't hesitate getting one of their bikes if it fitted well. I'm glad you've gone Road too, hybrids are okay, but are rubbish on roads compared to a proper road bike (and rubbish off-road compared to a mountain bike).
Seeing as you're spending a lot of money (I go round a slightly creaky - but well looked after - £300 road bike), it is worth brushing up on bike maintenance, lots of places reun afternoon courses, just so you know what every screw does. Obviously lots of stuff on the interweb.
Not sure this is exactly the right one:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/defy-2-10-35307... But do poke around that site, I'm occasionally on the forums (although mostly in summer as I'm a massive wimp).
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:40 pm
by Floex
Slartibartfast wrote:TigaSefi wrote:Mate, if you are going to buy a bike for that much dosh, go to a local bike shop and have it kitted out for your lanky frame especially.
Very true, make sure that frame is right for you by going to a shop. Then order it on-line.
Giant are a well trusted and decent brand, I wouldn't hesitate getting one of their bikes if it fitted well. I'm glad you've gone Road too,
hybrids are okay, but are rubbish on roads compared to a proper road bike (and rubbish off-road compared to a mountain bike).
Seeing as you're spending a lot of money (I go round a slightly creaky - but well looked after - £300 road bike), it is worth brushing up on bike maintenance, lots of places reun afternoon courses, just so you know what every screw does. Obviously lots of stuff on the interweb.
Not sure this is exactly the right one:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/defy-2-10-35307... But do poke around that site, I'm occasionally on the forums (although mostly in summer as I'm a massive wimp).
Screw you, I just bought a Hybrid!
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:10 pm
by Slartibartfast
Floex wrote:Slartibartfast wrote:TigaSefi wrote:Mate, if you are going to buy a bike for that much dosh, go to a local bike shop and have it kitted out for your lanky frame especially.
Very true, make sure that frame is right for you by going to a shop. Then order it on-line.
Giant are a well trusted and decent brand, I wouldn't hesitate getting one of their bikes if it fitted well. I'm glad you've gone Road too,
hybrids are okay, but are rubbish on roads compared to a proper road bike (and rubbish off-road compared to a mountain bike).
Seeing as you're spending a lot of money (I go round a slightly creaky - but well looked after - £300 road bike), it is worth brushing up on bike maintenance, lots of places reun afternoon courses, just so you know what every screw does. Obviously lots of stuff on the interweb.
Not sure this is exactly the right one:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/defy-2-10-35307... But do poke around that site, I'm occasionally on the forums (although mostly in summer as I'm a massive wimp).
Screw you, I just bought a Hybrid!
Haha, sorry. Hybrids are great for people starting to cycle, wanting an upright position and they are theoretically a bit better suited to canal path type cycling which you wouldn't want to put a shiny road bike on... but if and when you get on a sleek, lightweight road bike and go zooming along at 35mph+, you'll see a hybrid doesn't excel in either road or off-road cycling.
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:19 pm
by Floex
I can't see me ever doing 35mph+ on a main road though
Timble, checkout Evans Cycles. You get 10% off any purchase, ends today mind. Saved £35
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:24 pm
by Slartibartfast
Floex wrote:I can't see me ever doing 35mph+ on a main road though
Timble, checkout Evans Cycles. You get 10% off any purchase, ends today mind. Saved £35
It's a bit scary the first few times, but easily done with a hybrid if you're on a hill and the wind isn't working against you.
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:27 pm
by Floex
Slartibarfast - Looking at getting a helmet, how does this one look
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/scott/karma-off-road-helmet-ec017753Style first, safety later....
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:32 pm
by Slartibartfast
Like a bike it's definitely worth going to a cycle shop and getting one properly fitted (then run away and order it on-line). A badly fitting helmet isn't much more use than no helmet... but I'm pretty sure most helmets are the same safety wise.
Style: My helmet is a red helmet.
Red things go faster. Fact.
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:33 pm
by LewisD
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:35 pm
by Floex
Oh man, you should totally fit a spike on top of that
You could form a new Hell's Angels group in Guilford
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:37 pm
by LewisD
Floex wrote:You could form a new Hell's Angels group in Guildford
'Coff
I'm not prospecting for any Outlaw MC. My brother Prospected for the Vikings (The MC charter in control of Surrey).
And the stories he told me about what they got up to, strawberry float... that
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:40 pm
by Floex
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:13 pm
by smurphy
I want a road bike. The tyres on my mountain are literally 10cm wide, I hate pedalling along a road knowing I could be going about 3 times the speed. It weighs a tonne too.
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:51 pm
by Antwon
Re: Cycling
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:33 pm
by Fatal Exception
timble wrote:Phew.. Checked some reviews on them before I bought and glad I didn't buy from them. As nobody else cares, here's a picture of an Asian girl on a bike..
Re: Cycling
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:14 am
by Preezy
timble wrote:As nobody else cares, here's a picture of an Asian girl on a bike..
How can you tell it's an Asian?
How can you tell
for certain it's even a girl
