cycle to work - which bike?

[dawn72]

Hi folks. I've been browsing in the background up until now, picking up some well needed tips. I bought a saracen urban myth hybrid a couple of months ago and can't believe how much I've loved being out on it. I'm now looking to buy a mountain bike through cycle to work scheme with budget of around 500 including bodyguards. I've had poor experience with halfords so want to deal with my local shop (that's where I bought my saracen). They stock saracen, genesis and ridgeback. I'm 5 feet tall and plan to use in fields, forestry track and some relatively easy trails. Any opinions and comments would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cycleops]

But you can do all that stuff on your hybrid.

 

[dawn72]

I had wondered whether my hybrid could take on some off road riding if I put chunkier tyres on but then there's a trade off with rolling resistance on the cycle path. I'd like to be able to just grab the most suitable bike from the garage depending on what I feel like doing rather than faffing around changing tyres.my works cycle to work scheme is only open for 2 weeks so I'd better make my mind up pretty quickly!

 

[vickster]

You cycle to work across trails and forests?

If s, why not just look at Saracen MTBs if the hybrid isn't suitable

 

[dawn72]

My employees scheme was due to open in June so I went along to lbs just to take a look but the shiny newness was just too much for me to wait for so I bought the hybrid. I can use that or a mountain bike to commute as I can either cycle down a bumpy farm track and across a field or stick to tarmacced path. I'm looking at saracen mantra or kili and plan to test ride at the weekend