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Post by Humph on Jun 5, 2020 14:36:34 GMT
I've got a 16" Carrera Vulcan ( used to be my son's when he had short legs ) you could have at a very reasonable price ( twirls moustache and cackles gently in anticipation )
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Post by WDB on Jun 5, 2020 14:37:07 GMT
That [the Cube] is a nice bike for riding to work over reasonably level city streets but probably not the best for what you want to do. The Nexus hub gears and Gates belt drive are great for being clean and low-maintenance but they add weight and reduce the gear range if you want to ride rough tracks or fast roads.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 14:38:14 GMT
Which one, Dubya? Humph's? EDIT OK, gotcha, the Cube.
What did you think of the Boardmans?
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Post by Humph on Jun 5, 2020 14:40:20 GMT
Boardmen are actually really nice bikes for the money. Bit like M&S suits, but with a similar level of cool...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 14:46:49 GMT
Are those hybrids I linked to a bit "roady"?
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Post by Humph on Jun 5, 2020 14:46:58 GMT
Quite like that Boardman 8.9 ( the second one )
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Post by WDB on Jun 5, 2020 14:48:42 GMT
The 8.6 looks decent value for the price. The 8.9 looks decent but expensive — £200 more than my Whyte, and with tyres that are very tarmac-focused. Neither is an off-road machine if that’s primarily what you want.
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Post by Humph on Jun 5, 2020 14:48:44 GMT
Are those hybrids I linked to a bit "roady"? Maybe, but swapping out the tyres to something more manly would cure that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 14:56:00 GMT
Ok, thanks all, Whyte Whitechapel probably a better bet if I could get one. Would have to enquire at AW. Are the tyres on the Whitechapel more off-roady than the Boardman 8.8?
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Post by WDB on Jun 5, 2020 15:03:00 GMT
They’re only 32mm, which isn’t huge but you have the reassurance that the R7 frame will take much bigger — I have 47mm on mine and there’s room for wider still, not that I feel the need.
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Post by WDB on Jun 6, 2020 20:27:55 GMT
The front tyre is a WTB Resolute, and if you are lucky enough to be able to find the 2020 version of my bike (I have the 2019) it will come with two of them. That’s the setup I’d like for mine too. I also like the look of the similar René Herse Hurricane Ridge, but it’s equally hard to find and fabulously expensive, so the WTB will be just fine if I can get one. And I’ve got two!  I didn’t want to jinx it with a premature announcement but they arrived this afternoon from the bike accessories dealer we use most often. £65 or so for the pair, as against typically £45 for one, and I’ll need the second before very long. They'll probably want a couple of days to relax having been wound up, before I try putting one on the bike. |
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Post by WDB on Jun 11, 2020 11:23:59 GMT
Vić, if you’re tired of all this waiting and just want to get on with it, the Subway 1 in size S is showing as In Stock at Halfords in Maidenhead. Not worth the bother of C2W at £300, and you could pick it up this afternoon. Not perfect, as discussed, but you could do a lot worse.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 11:35:54 GMT
Thanks for that WDB but it's a size smaller than I need, and really not that much better a bike than my TRAX, so would be a waste of money. I'm happy enough to wait until August or beyond, it really isn't an emergency.
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Post by Humph on Jun 11, 2020 12:19:21 GMT
If you were thinking that you'd maybe not use a bike much in winter, you might be surprised how often it's more than enjoyable and possible. Of course you also get the dozy gits who go up pointy bits of Wales in the snow too 😉
We did that over the Christmas break a few times, and it was a gas, but it'd be quite hard on one of those girly-tyred things that WDB favours...
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Post by WDB on Jun 11, 2020 12:25:54 GMT
But those ‘things‘ are perfectly happy in the lanes and woods on a bright winter day, and you don’t need to drive your bike to your ride. Just get a good jacket and some windproof gloves. There are plenty of those in the sales right now.
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