New bike help!

sequence

I'd be careful going from a sit up and beg to a road bike, a road bike steering is really light, good chance you'll crash it if you're not careful!

Personally I'd recommend something like a carrera subway. Fast, light and relatively cheap.

mystra

sequence wrote: »

I'd be careful going from a sit up and beg to a road bike, a road bike steering is really light, good chance you'll crash it if you're not careful!

Personally I'd recommend something like a carrera subway. Fast, light and relatively cheap.

ooh thanks that looks good!

i'm not after a road racing bike with spindly tyres and those weird handlebars... i find the position weird and like you said - a good chance i'll crash it! just something lighter and more efficient than what i have now that i know i will defo be using it

sebdangerfield

I've just got an Orbea Tuareg. Orbea are ronound for making seriously expensive carbon road bikes but have recently got into cheaper mountain bikes and such. I'm chuffed with mine, I put some slick tyres on it and it's efficient on the road but still retains the comfy mountain bike positioning and low gearing for unfit people like me!

Mine was £280 delivered but seen another new on on eBay for less here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250730846932&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_1455wt_1139

I've still got a road bike and a very good mountain bike but this is just for pub rides and work so fits the bill perfectly. Also think it's better than a hybrid as it has proper mountain bike wheels and gears so not too hard to pedal when I'm not in the mood!

thescouselander

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

What you have is, I'm afraid, a bit cheap, and a bit rubbish. Sorry. I recently bought one of these for the winter:

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/publish.asp?what=specialedition&page=1rw

I suspect its a bit above your budget but I can easily do 40mph on it without trying much. You'll struggle to ever see the other side of 20mph on the sit-up-and-beg you have now.

Have a shufty in Halfords, particularly at the Boardman range of road bikes. They're very good, and I think if you push your budget slightly up you'll be fine.

Is that down hill or something? 40 mph requires about 1500w of pedalling power on the flat - thats fairly going some even for a professional.

mystra

thescouselander wrote: »

Is that down hill or something? 40 mph requires about 1500w of pedalling power on the flat - thats fairly going some even for a professional.

lol my car struggles to do 40 nevermind a bike !

boyse7en

thescouselander wrote: »

Is that down hill or something? 40 mph requires about 1500w of pedalling power on the flat - thats fairly going some even for a professional.

I was thinking that 40mph is a bit optimistic - I used to cycle 200+ miles a week (those were the days), and I couldn't hold 40mph on the flat for more than a few seconds at a time. Don't think I could do it now.

thelawnet

thescouselander wrote: »

Is that down hill or something? 40 mph requires about 1500w of pedalling power on the flat - thats fairly going some even for a professional.

course it is.
The record for an hour is 56km (35 miles) and that's using twenty grand's worth of equipment that wouldn't last five minutes on a real road.

If you can average 20mph on the roads you are doing well.

rugbyleague

rev_henry wrote: »

My bike has 40psi printed on the sidewalls, my gf's has 30 to 55psi printed, should I still put them up to 100?

Sorry Nope never go higher than the manufacturers recommendation. Sorry I quoted pressure for road bike tyres (23mm) I suspect yours are the fat mountain bike or hybrid variety.... same applies tho make sure they are pumped up high (=they roll better which means free speed!)