Bike Advice Required

[omen666]

Hi guys, hope you are well. Could do with a bit of advice.

Started off 20 stone and now down to 17 stone, this was due to cycling as my preferred fitness regime as running and the gym is boring.

My bike for the last year was a fixie, this I thought was better being well overweight as the continual pedaling would be better for me aerobically although the bike took some skill to get used too. I have far better fitness now and my pedaling is faster now that the fixie feels like I am riding in 1st gear on a 21 gear bike.

So now to your advice now the background....

I was looking at getting a new bike, namely this Bianchi that I like, bottom of the range......

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but the thing is I have been offered by the following which has only been ridden twice. It is from a well respected colleague in work who bought it on the bike to work scheme to cycle to work but due to job role has to relocate to another office some 30 miles away so has no need for the bike now.

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I dont know too much about chainsets and gears etc (excet Shimano were the nuts back in the days) so any advice about the plusses and minusses etc would be grateful, thanks if you stayed with the post.

 

[lukesdad]

Is the spesh the right size and what's he asking for it ?

 

[vickster]

If your colleague bought the bike on C2W, is he actually allowed to sell it? Presumably he's not paid it off yet, or has he?

Check with him and also HR

 

[smokeysmoo]

to CC. The Allez is a very well regarded bike, lots of CC'ers ride them in various guises. I'm not a huge fan of the brand, but I'd take it over the Bianchi myself, (I really dislike Celeste)

As for the fact your colleague got the bike on the C2W scheme, you might want to check out the legalities of ownership transfer.

I don't know much about the scheme, but something is niggling me about ownership.

Of course if he's paid it off and has proof it's his outright then happy days.


[EDIT] Oops, cross posted with lightening fingers vickster re: ownership

 

[omen666]

Is the spesh the right size and what's he asking for it ?

Yes correct frame size and price is good considering what i was going to pay. Just wondered how they copared like for like and pros and cons of the bike itself. Think I was half set on having a bianchi for the sake of it but now not so sure

 

[helston90]

Damn you vickster and your "quicker than you" fingers.

 

[omen666]

If your colleague bought the bike on C2W, is he actually allowed to sell it? Presumably he's not paid it off yet, or has he?

Check with him and also HR

Yes first thing I said and that is all fine.

 

[Peteaud]

I would have the spesh, but only because i really like them.

 

[omen666]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Peteaud, why do you like them? I dont want my decision to be governed by price and I know I will be cycling for a very very long time. I have broken my collar bone already last year thanks to the fixie pedals hitting the concrete road whilst leaning into a turn so i want something half decent for a bit of longevity. Also will look to go clipless too which wont be hard considering coming from a fixie which I think is harder when anticipating others on the road and stopping

 

[omen666]

One more thing chaps, it says it is 9 gears, is that 9 gears in total? I remember a MTB I had when iw as younger that had 3 on the front cassette and 7 on the back meaning 21 gears in total.

 

[smokeysmoo]

If it's got 2 chainrings it will have 18 in total, if it has triple chainrings it will have 27.

I suspect it will be a compact double though, so 18

 

[omen666]

Thanks Smokey, I assume the top end and bottom end gears will be very easy and reasonably hard and the ones in the middle spaced out so although 18 gears will not be too much difference from a 27 gear if that makes sense

 

[biggs682]

spesh gets my vote as long as seller is allowed to sell on ctw products

 

[omen666]

Thanks chaps, gone for the Spesh

 

[Peteaud]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Peteaud, why do you like them? I

Dont know to be honest, they just do it for me.



Well done for getting one, hope you enjoy it.