Newbie so be gentle.

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adam0121

New Member
Hi, newbie here so be gentle, I am 15 years old and like cycling,I love BMX and just bought a Haro bike,but I would like to start riding racing road bikes but I have not got a clue which bike to purchase, I work hard during the holidays and earn good money so I have saved about £500,so which make and model should I try as a complete novice?,any pointers would be welcome
thankx
 

Rob3rt

Man or Moose!
Location
Manchester
Specialised or Trek will probly provide best bang for your buck if they do anything for £500.

Unless you are interested in fixed/SS then you may be able to pick up something a bit flashier in terms of frame/hardware for the cash (since the bike is simpler and less kit on it), but you will obviously only have 1 gear.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Hi Adam and welcome to Cycle Chat.
The bike that lazyj has linked to will be perfect. It has had some great reviews.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Unfortunately you will be hard pressed to find the Specialized Allez much cheaper then £499. Most of the big bike companies have fixed prices. What I do suggest you do however is go to one of your local bike stores (lbs), one of them will no doubt do Specialized bikes, then wrangle a load of freebie accessories.
(*also thinks I remember a sepcialized accessories deal running at the moment, off to check*)
 
I was eyeing that bike up, I'm the same age as you and just come off trials bike.

54-56 frames were perfect, and I'm just about average height, so if you are looking for that, that's probably a good size.

Although I'm not no where near as experienced as others on this forum. I think you should consider something like this; http://www.evanscycles.com/products/claud-butler/criterium-2010-road-bike-ec022487 which gives you spare cash to kit yourself out with.
 

g00se

Veteran
Location
Norwich
Another to consider is the Giant Defy 3.5 which is a similar spec to the Speciaized above
 
lazyj said:
You wont go wrong with this as a starter, and its bang on the money to at £499.99

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/allez-16-2010-road-bike-ec019545
+1 on that, i bought the allez 16 in may and have to say i find it a very good bike easy to ride and quite a comfy seat plus the gear changes are very slick and smooth, i paid £499 for mine at the lbs and thought it reasonable for the quality of bike that i was getting, good luck if you buy the allez 16 and safe riding.
 
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