road or hybrid?

[stephyt]

hmm still deciding which to go for as it road cycling i want to lead into... my budget will be around £350 but still got plenty time to have a look around..

bear in mind i will b keeping my mtb hardtail if i want to go off road ect...

 

[Ozzrahog]

Given the state of the roads around cramlington I would say hybrid

 

[lulubel]

If you've already got a MTB for off-road, you don't need a hybrid.

Get a road bike

 

[buddha]

A sturdy road bike (aka a tourer).
The downside of getting a road bike though is that your MTB will start to feel neglected.

 

[stephyt]

Given the state of the roads around cramlington I would say hybrid

lmao me front suss can cope with them tried n tested n got lost already

 

[stephyt]

A sturdy road bike (aka a tourer).
The downside of getting a road bike though is that your MTB will start to feel neglected.

i was thinking that at first until me dad said i could keep the mtb at the parents place (which is in newcastle, so if i did that i would have more ground to explore when i stop up there for a few nights at a time, currently sat in the parents.missing my bike all alone at home lol )

im tending toawrds the road bike.. think i will have a good read of the thread about changing to drop bars

 

[mcshroom]

I'd go for one of these: -

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-3-id_8167038.html

 

[stephyt]

I'd go for one of these: -

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-3-id_8167038.html

looking good

 

[defy-one]

Get a drop bar roadie if your keeping the mtb. A mtb with road tyres becomes a heavy hybrid anyway,so why buy another hybrid?

I was in the same boat - went for a proper roadie

Sent from my GT-I9100

 

[Peteaud]

As you have the hardtail, another vote for the Triban 3

 

[stephyt]

triban 3 seems to be a good starting out bike

 

[Herr-B]

i was thinking that at first until me dad said i could keep the mtb at the parents place . . .

But then you'll start to wish you had your roadie up there too!

 

[stephyt]

But then you'll start to wish you had your roadie up there too!

yea but I only stop up there for a couple nights a month when I've got a couple days off together then I cud take the mtb down to newburn