First post & thanks in advance for your kind help from a bike noob who will ride for the first time since the age of 10.
My commute will be fairly short, only 3 miles with a bit of uphill but not too daunting. I want a bike I can ride feel confident in and ride agressively if I want to. My wonderful city (Cardiff), frustratingly has pretty rubbish road conditions so i'm wary of this when choosing what to buy.
My budget is £400-650
My current shortlist:
- Sirrus x 2.0 (I think the wider tyres may suit my cities crap roads better?)
- Sirrus 2.0 specialised
- Boardman 8.6, I'm not sure which variation but open to all at the moment.
- One of the Trek FX bikes in my price range
- Carrera Subway 2 (v. low pricepoint with disc brakes is attractive, if there aren't very good reasons to get the more expensive options it's likely I will get this)
- Triban RC120 flat bars version
(I actually have a bunch of questions I'd love to fire at someone knowledgeable so if I could pm someone that would be great)
My commute will be fairly short, only 3 miles with a bit of uphill but not too daunting. I want a bike I can ride feel confident in and ride agressively if I want to. My wonderful city (Cardiff), frustratingly has pretty rubbish road conditions so i'm wary of this when choosing what to buy.
My budget is £400-650
My current shortlist:
- Sirrus x 2.0 (I think the wider tyres may suit my cities crap roads better?)
- Sirrus 2.0 specialised
- Boardman 8.6, I'm not sure which variation but open to all at the moment.
- One of the Trek FX bikes in my price range
- Carrera Subway 2 (v. low pricepoint with disc brakes is attractive, if there aren't very good reasons to get the more expensive options it's likely I will get this)
- Triban RC120 flat bars version
(I actually have a bunch of questions I'd love to fire at someone knowledgeable so if I could pm someone that would be great)