Hybrid bike advice

[Jonbek]

Hi guys I have just registered here as I need some advice. I bought a very cheap bike from amazon a little while ago for fitness reasons as I am on the kidney transplant list. It is a full suspension heavy thing and altho it has so far served its purpose I would like to get something better and more suited to the roads. I have had a good look on the net, i'm not able to get to a decent bike shop. I've only got about £300 to spend and don't want to end up with a dud.
I have seen this below
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/scott/sub-40-2010-hybrid-bike-ec020663

Would that be decent. I'm 27 and about 5ft 9 btw. I am riding mainly on roads and occasionally by the banks of the river mersey in Stockport. Are there any other bikes in that sort of price range that stand out as being better?
Many thanks for any advice.
Jon

 

[gillelive]

Hi Jon, I am new here to this forum but like you I am also on the look out for a new ride. I like the look of the Scott but I have a slightly bigger budget, up to £600 but not sure what to do. I have been looking at the following: Specialized crosstrail comp or Sirrus, Trek hardtrail and Lappierre shaper 300 (bit expensive), I will now be adding the Scott to my list. Off to my lbs tomorrow for some advice. I haven't ridden for some time, just getting back in to it over the past few months. There is so much choice out there but for £300 you should get a half decent bike for what you are looking to do. One thing I have learnt from others is that you get what you pay for, some people I know opted for a cheapo bike from Tescos and other similar places like Sports Direct - a load of cr*p, really heavy, cheap parts and enough to put anyone off cycling for good. Let us know how you get on.

Hi guys I have just registered here as I need some advice. I bought a very cheap bike from amazon a little while ago for fitness reasons as I am on the kidney transplant list. It is a full suspension heavy thing and altho it has so far served its purpose I would like to get something better and more suited to the roads. I have had a good look on the net, i'm not able to get to a decent bike shop. I've only got about £300 to spend and don't want to end up with a dud.
I have seen this below
http://www.evanscycl...d-bike-ec020663

Would that be decent. I'm 27 and about 5ft 9 btw. I am riding mainly on roads and occasionally by the banks of the river mersey in Stockport. Are there any other bikes in that sort of price range that stand out as being better?
Many thanks for any advice.
Jon

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Welcome to the site!

The Scott looks quite decent to me.

But since you are in Stockport, you might want to know that there is a Decathlon right there and their bikes are good value and generally well thought of. If I had a FS already I would probably get a road rather than hybrid bike - I could always take the FS where/when the road bike is not suitable. Unlike the Scott e.g. this has no mtb component, so is likely to be lighter and quicker and therefore more fun, and it has drop bars allowing different hand/riding positions.

Whichever bike you get, I wish you best of luck!

 

[Jonbek]

Thanks for the replies. I live a couple of minutes away from Decathlon, was going to buy a Rockrider 5.2 but decided I want a hybrid bike. Will see if any other reccomendations come in to have a look at. The scott bike looks good but I could stretch to abit more dosh if something else was obviously better.

 

[marcw]

save your cash, a new bike won't make a whole load of difference. Get some slicks for the current bike if you want a bit more speed. Your increasing fitness will out perform any change in bike by a huge margin. My personal opinion on bikes is rider then aerodynamics and then weight.

 

[potsy]

Slightly over your budget Jon but these always get good reviews on here,-
http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/product/specializedsirrusbike2010.aspx?&id=11821
Welcome by the way from another Stockport boy

 

[Jonbek]

I'm going to have a look at this seeing as though it's so close to home.
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/fitness-2-54-57-69567264/#

If anybody knows anything about it please share..