chrismisterx
Senior Member
- Location
- North Shields
Hi all as you may have noticed on my other posts new to cycling and have at the moment a banged up super cheap bike to learn on.
Anyway to the point of this post, my wife last night has said she wants us to get a couple of new bikes for our 20th wedding anniversary, so i thought I would post here for some advise so we can start saving up and looking for the right bikes.
So after a bit of reading it seems it would be best if we had a bike that was a jack of all trades, following is the list of things we hope to do on our bikes, since we don't own a car or drive we have to be able to:-
1: Do the shopping / get to work! Money saved not using public transport can then be spent back into the bikes.
2: Take the dogs out. We have 2 small dogs and hope to be able to ride out to different more fun places for the dogs to play, something which is very important for my wife, maybe visit wooded areas etc.
3: camping trips over a weekend.
4: day trips on the bike.
5: maybe in the future long distance multi night trips, something my wife is a little unsure off atm due to not knowing if our fitness levels could handle it.
Those 5 above is pretty much what me and my wife would do together but as an extra thing I was going to take backpacking / hiking up with my friend but I read last night about bikepacking, so that is something that interests me a great deal, going out and wild camping sounds a ton of fun.
We have a small house and space is limited, so is budget is there a bike that could cover all these interests? I would rather buy 1 bike to use for everything rather than 2 bikes?
what kind of bike do I need and extra equipment, would I need a trailer for the 2 dogs and shopping? ( dogs are jackawawa's so very small ) or would side bags and a basket be enough?
Should I look for a MTB / Touring Bike / hybrid... it seems the choices are endless.
is it safe to use a backpack / rucksack when riding?
Lastly I ask my wife what the most important thing for her is and she said a comfortable ride and being able to enjoy the scenic routes, speed isn't important, she said she wants to relax and take it easy.
Sorry for another long post, hopefully you guys and girls cant point me in the right direction of a suitable bike for our needs on a modest budget for 2 bikes.
Anyway to the point of this post, my wife last night has said she wants us to get a couple of new bikes for our 20th wedding anniversary, so i thought I would post here for some advise so we can start saving up and looking for the right bikes.
So after a bit of reading it seems it would be best if we had a bike that was a jack of all trades, following is the list of things we hope to do on our bikes, since we don't own a car or drive we have to be able to:-
1: Do the shopping / get to work! Money saved not using public transport can then be spent back into the bikes.
2: Take the dogs out. We have 2 small dogs and hope to be able to ride out to different more fun places for the dogs to play, something which is very important for my wife, maybe visit wooded areas etc.
3: camping trips over a weekend.
4: day trips on the bike.
5: maybe in the future long distance multi night trips, something my wife is a little unsure off atm due to not knowing if our fitness levels could handle it.
Those 5 above is pretty much what me and my wife would do together but as an extra thing I was going to take backpacking / hiking up with my friend but I read last night about bikepacking, so that is something that interests me a great deal, going out and wild camping sounds a ton of fun.
We have a small house and space is limited, so is budget is there a bike that could cover all these interests? I would rather buy 1 bike to use for everything rather than 2 bikes?
what kind of bike do I need and extra equipment, would I need a trailer for the 2 dogs and shopping? ( dogs are jackawawa's so very small ) or would side bags and a basket be enough?
Should I look for a MTB / Touring Bike / hybrid... it seems the choices are endless.
is it safe to use a backpack / rucksack when riding?
Lastly I ask my wife what the most important thing for her is and she said a comfortable ride and being able to enjoy the scenic routes, speed isn't important, she said she wants to relax and take it easy.
Sorry for another long post, hopefully you guys and girls cant point me in the right direction of a suitable bike for our needs on a modest budget for 2 bikes.