Choosing between trek and boardman hybrid bike

[vickster]

do you reckon the Quick Disc 3 in size small would be too big too ??

https://www.triuk.com/Triathlon-Bikes/Cannondale/Cannondale-Quick-Disc-3-2019-Vulcan-Green/298849

If men’s quite possibly. Look at the women’s version

 

[Grant Fondo]

I do because 5'2 to 5'6 is stated range. Shame because it's a nice bike. Specialized have smaller sizes, such as Ariel

https://www.beelinebicycles.co.uk/8...MIx8zI8Ivz6AIVy-vtCh0KdQKEEAQYCSABEgLhx_D_BwE

 

[soniatracz]

no good deals for 2019 women's bikes in my size... sadly... found lots of banging offers for my boyfriend though, we just ordered Merida Speeder 300 2019 RRP £875 for £575

I will have to stick with 2020 so its between

Boardman Hyb 8.6 or Cannondale Quick Disc 3

 

[Grant Fondo]

no good deals for 2019 women's bikes in my size... sadly... found lots of banging offers for my boyfriend though, we just ordered Merida Speeder 300 2019 RRP £875 for £575

I will have to stick with 2020 so its between

Boardman Hyb 8.6 or Cannondale Quick Disc 3

Good luck, yes it's great if you can land a deal, I got a carbon gravel bike last summer for £1800, RRP £2750

 

[vickster]

no good deals for 2019 women's bikes in my size... sadly... found lots of banging offers for my boyfriend though, we just ordered Merida Speeder 300 2019 RRP £875 for £575

I will have to stick with 2020 so its between

Boardman Hyb 8.6 or Cannondale Quick Disc 3

There are several past year offers in small sizes from discount cycles (online offer from Oxfordshire based Broadribb)
https://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/catalog/index.php?CG_ID=2&CS_ID=658

 

[Pale Rider]

I will have to stick with 2020 so its between

Boardman Hyb 8.6 or Cannondale Quick Disc 3

Both nice bikes, but both bikes have double chainrings up front.

They give plenty of gears, but may not give a low enough ratio for a lady beginner.

Fair play to you if you can routinely push a 50 on the front - I can't.

A bike with three rings up front - known as a mountain triple - would have a small ring of around 24 or 26 teeth which would give you a good selection of low gears for hills.

Mountain triples have fallen out of fashion, but the Marin linked to earlier in the thread has one.

I think GT still routinely fit them on their budget bikes.

 

[Pale Rider]

I've had a root around the site of discounter Start in Newcastle.

This Merida hybrid has the low gearing I speak of:

https://www.startfitness.co.uk/cycl...-womens-hybrid-bike-black-mcswyu100wmn19.html

So do these mountain bikes, and all are available in small sizes.

You don't want a mountain bike, but allow fifty quid for a pair of shallow tread tyres and you have a hybrid.

https://www.startfitness.co.uk/cycle/bikes/cube-access-womens-hardtail-mtb-2020-blue-325110.html

https://www.startfitness.co.uk/cycl...womens-hardtail-mtb-2019-green-merj40d19.html

https://www.startfitness.co.uk/cycl...xc-womens-hardtail-mtb-2020-black-325300.html