Cycle To Work Scheme: Can I get an expensive bike?

thescouselander

donnydarko wrote: »

I wouldn't bother to get a bike for £1,000 to be honest with you. I'd want something decent. I was thinking something around the £3k mark to be honest.

Interesting view. There's a vast array of bikes available around the £1000 mark many of which would be considered "decent" by people who cycle regularly.

On the other hand if you can afford a bike that costs £3k then why not, I'm sure it will ride nicely. Just be prepared to look a bit silly when the engine doesn't match the bike.

pulliptears

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

If you work from home, could you get away with buying an exercise bike?

only if you purchased a fan to go with it and periodically got your mates to chuck a bucket of water over you

andygb

thescouselander wrote: »

Interesting view. There's a vast array of bikes available around the £1000 mark many of which would be considered "decent" by people who cycle regularly.

On the other hand if you can afford a bike that costs £3k then why not, I'm sure it will ride nicely. Just be prepared to look a bit silly when the engine doesn't match the bike.

Quite right, this is an example of a £1K bike which no real cyclist would turn their nose up at.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/specialedition.asp?action=GenerateConstructor&part=SERIBB7005RACESHIM&sub=conf_SERC&bike=1

Alloy 7005 frame and Shimano Ultegra gears, with ITM bars and stem, you could win road races with that, providing of course you can actually ride a bike and are fit enough;)

andygb

custardy wrote: »

the other side is folks who buy a bike made of scaffold pole and struggle for a week
then chuck it in the shed
I have no problem with folks paying for a 'good' bike if they get pleasure/use from it

I don't know how out of touch you are with cycling equipment, but £1K bikes are not made of "scaffold pole".

ventureuk

andygb wrote: »

I don't know how out of touch you are with cycling equipment, but £1K bikes are not made of "scaffold pole".

I think you've missed his point by some way.

verybigchris

£1K will get a perfectly good road bike, but the OP has stated he wants to go "via the forest" so presumably he's after a MTB. £1K won't go so far if he's after a good full-susser.

spadoosh

Lol, like the way the you say you cant get a decent bike for £1000, are you aware the lance armstrong won his last tour de france on a bike worth 2.7k?? The difference between a 1 grand bike and a 3 grand bike will save you 10ths of a second in time trials.

Even if your going via the forest, if you spent 3 grand on a mountain bike you would notice very little difference from a 1 grand version for your 'cycle to work'. I would doubt you'd be going hell for leather on your way to work no?!

Like always alot of the cost will be for the branded parts. Have you ever considered building your bike?! You would be able to buy the parts alot cheaper and get a fully customized bike.

ventureuk

verybigchris wrote: »

£1K will get a perfectly good road bike, but the OP has stated he wants to go "via the forest" so presumably he's after a MTB. £1K won't go so far if he's after a good full-susser.

Not bad for £1k.

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/mtb/fs_team.html

Forests tend to be flat unless you are at a dedicated trail centre with some gnarly downhills/jumps/platforms so £1000 spent on the Boardman would be just fine.

Personally I'd go hardtail with a Thudbuster LT, save weight but still have up to 3" of rear travel on a fast cross country bike.

Hang on, that's what I did on my MTB.

thescouselander

spadoosh wrote: »

I would doubt you'd be going hell for leather on your way to work no?!

Or perhaps he will - are you not aware of "The Game"?

http://www.itsnotarace.org/

scheming_gypsy

spadoosh wrote: »

. I would doubt you'd be going hell for leather on your way to work no?!

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but they might be when coming home.