BattleTron
New Member
Hi guys,
I used to cycle to work all the time and I loved it. It started off as a 2 mile journey. Then I moved and it became an 8 miles journey. I moved again to make it a 14 mile journey. Finally it ended up as a 26 mile one way journey after another move (I move a lot) and I started getting the underground into work instead.
Fastforward to today and I've got a new job, moving cities from London to Brighton, and I want to get a new bike. The commute is 8 miles, fairly flat along the coast road (I'm expecting some serious windage!). The rest of Brighton is quite hilly though.
Currently, I'm tempted to go for fixed/single speed, mainly for the low maintenance (salty air!) and fitness aspects. I don't do any racing or road riding. And whilst I'd love to get started on stuff like that, I need a bike that'll get me to work in any weather.
On the other hand, it would be awesome to have a road bike that I could do the long rides on at the weekend.
I'm using Evan's cycle to work scheme, so whichever bike I choose, it has to come from www.evanscycles.com - I need to buy the accessories so the bike needs to be around £850 or lower.
Also I'm 6'4" so any bike has to have at least a 60cm frame.
I'm leaning towards this: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/genesis/flyer-2015-singlespeed-bike-ec073930 but would love any opinions!
I used to cycle to work all the time and I loved it. It started off as a 2 mile journey. Then I moved and it became an 8 miles journey. I moved again to make it a 14 mile journey. Finally it ended up as a 26 mile one way journey after another move (I move a lot) and I started getting the underground into work instead.
Fastforward to today and I've got a new job, moving cities from London to Brighton, and I want to get a new bike. The commute is 8 miles, fairly flat along the coast road (I'm expecting some serious windage!). The rest of Brighton is quite hilly though.
Currently, I'm tempted to go for fixed/single speed, mainly for the low maintenance (salty air!) and fitness aspects. I don't do any racing or road riding. And whilst I'd love to get started on stuff like that, I need a bike that'll get me to work in any weather.
On the other hand, it would be awesome to have a road bike that I could do the long rides on at the weekend.
I'm using Evan's cycle to work scheme, so whichever bike I choose, it has to come from www.evanscycles.com - I need to buy the accessories so the bike needs to be around £850 or lower.
Also I'm 6'4" so any bike has to have at least a 60cm frame.
I'm leaning towards this: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/genesis/flyer-2015-singlespeed-bike-ec073930 but would love any opinions!