Bike for my partner

[pitbull644]

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help me please. I am looking to buy a bike for my partner. She would like to use it to cycle to work and to use for leisure rides. I have been looking at hybrids but to be honest I'm not completely sold with these. I would like to get something that is light, comfortable and relatively cheap. Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks

 

[ClichéGuevara]

A bike for your partner seems a decent exchange, but I'd need a better description of her before I commit.

It's very much down to the individual. Tastes and preferences differ enormously. My advice would be to sit on a few, ride them if possible and pick the one that's comfortable and in your price range. I'd suggest similar for choosing a bike too.

 

[gbb]

Don't forget to get and listen to your wife's requirements / preferences . I 'leaned' the wife in favour of what I thought was best...we brought it,she didn't deep down like it and as a result it hardly got used until we brought one she did like a couple years later.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

My mate spends an age finding bikes his wife likes. Each time she chooses multi - geared cycles, rides it up and down the street until she finds a gear she likes, and then never ever changes the gear again.

 

[vickster]

Let her choose. What's the budget?

 

[jefmcg]

Take her into a bike shop, and let her find styles she likes the look of. If she's not a cyclist now, then she really doesn't know what sort of cycling she'll be doing in a year, so picking something she likes is a good start. And even if you don't find something in that shop, she'll have an idea of the sort of bike she wants.

Decathlon have a lot of good bikes in lower prices ranges, and you can test ride them in the safety of the store, so that's worth a visit.

And this caught my eye the other day: attracted me enough so I wandered over to see what it was. Startled it was from Halfords. But I think the Pendleton bikes are ok, and the price is nice. It's only 3 gears, but it's SA hub gears, so should last a long time. Is a touch heavy.

 

[pitbull644]

Hi all, thank you for your responses. She hasn't cycled in a long time however she is looking for a bike that she can use to commute to work but is light enough so she doesn't have to worry too much when taking it out for leisurely rides hence looking at some hybrid bikes. She wants a decent range of gears, somewhere to attach a rack at the back of the bike and is no more than £300. It doesn't have to be hybrid however.

Thanks again

 

[Sixmile]

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/28505...ve-3-white-silver-womens-hybrid-bike.aspxaspx

Just purchased one of these for my wife to get her back in the saddle. £400 bike for £268, not bad. It's got the decent range of gears, somewhere to put a rack and hybrid wheels and change from £300! I'll let you know what it's like when it arrives in a few days

 

[mcshroom]

That one from Rutland looks rather heavy for the OP's requirements IMHO.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes-and-classic-bikes/pendleton-briary-hybrid-bike seems not a bad bike for the price.

 

[jefmcg]

That one from Rutland looks rather heavy for the OP's requirements IMHO.

What makes you think it's heavy? Giant never give the weights for their bikes, but they are not usually heavy.

 

[machew]

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help me please. I am looking to buy a bike for my partner. She would like to use it to cycle to work and to use for leisure rides. I have been looking at hybrids but to be honest I'm not completely sold with these. I would like to get something that is light, comfortable and relatively cheap. Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks

Sounds like a fair swap

 

[mcshroom]

What makes you think it's heavy? Giant never give the weights for their bikes, but they are not usually heavy.

It won't be heavy for the sort ofbike it is, but the MTB oversized tubing and the suspension fork look pretty heavy to me.

 

[biggs682]

@pitbull644 if not already sold and you Live London way have a chat with @vickster about her Whyte

 

[vickster]

Not sold