My head is bursting looking at bikes all day long and comparing components I don't know much about just to get as much bang for my buck.
I have an old mountain bike at present which is done and very sluggish & heavy to the extent that I feel like I'm not moving, even more so up hill haha. I have a budget of £600 max to get myself a decent new bike for work and gym which are 3miles max from home in town so not much at all. Just roads and pavements. I have my family but we don't go riding very often and if we do it's just paths, never really crazy mountian terrain.
I thought for my Monet I could pick up hydraulic brakes and carbon fibre forks, also slightly thicker tyres than 28c as I'm not experienced, will be using it in all weathers all seasons and don't feel confident.
So in the end fed up I have reserved boardmans mx comp at 15% off so £509. It seems to fit the bill except its a little heavier than I thought i would get at 13kg, but perhaps 2kg won't make much difference?
Does anyone have this bike? Would you have recommend something else?
Thanks
I have an old mountain bike at present which is done and very sluggish & heavy to the extent that I feel like I'm not moving, even more so up hill haha. I have a budget of £600 max to get myself a decent new bike for work and gym which are 3miles max from home in town so not much at all. Just roads and pavements. I have my family but we don't go riding very often and if we do it's just paths, never really crazy mountian terrain.
I thought for my Monet I could pick up hydraulic brakes and carbon fibre forks, also slightly thicker tyres than 28c as I'm not experienced, will be using it in all weathers all seasons and don't feel confident.
So in the end fed up I have reserved boardmans mx comp at 15% off so £509. It seems to fit the bill except its a little heavier than I thought i would get at 13kg, but perhaps 2kg won't make much difference?
Does anyone have this bike? Would you have recommend something else?
Thanks