Good afternoon everyone and warm welcome from Tamworth.
I never thought i will be turning my head around a Road bikes, grown and raised in rural area with post comunist country with little to no decent road to ride anything else than BMX type buldge tyres. Few years ago my choice went to second hand Trek Fuel EX5. Perfect for sunday ride with music. However our recent journey to Calella turn my eyes to Ironman Calella Barcelona - where as engineer i could indulge mysefl watching these roadbikes soaking up with carbon and recent areo features. I was inspired by speed and agility and littlebit curious about experience riding these bikes, so i started searching. My First choice was Halfords where one of the gentlemans put me on Boardman SLR 8.9 Carbon - which turned to be a perfect riding position for me (at least what he said) and the size S is the bike size i should go after.
My question would be, where to start:
1) I don't have a budget, as grown adult - we can spend on hobbys from as little as £100 up to £6000 if you are lucky, Wife won't ask the questions.
2) Is buying a used second hand bike on ebay, without trying it (long distance test drive ? ) Will make any sense ? I will underline that i don't know what is comfortable postion to me as i never rode one before
3) I want to have the best possible machine for future use (as my experience and full grow) - but without spending £6K on Canyon bike at the beginning. My budget is from £800 starting, and i am happy with second hand bikes in good condition of course.
Thank you for your time in advance and have a great afternoon.
I never thought i will be turning my head around a Road bikes, grown and raised in rural area with post comunist country with little to no decent road to ride anything else than BMX type buldge tyres. Few years ago my choice went to second hand Trek Fuel EX5. Perfect for sunday ride with music. However our recent journey to Calella turn my eyes to Ironman Calella Barcelona - where as engineer i could indulge mysefl watching these roadbikes soaking up with carbon and recent areo features. I was inspired by speed and agility and littlebit curious about experience riding these bikes, so i started searching. My First choice was Halfords where one of the gentlemans put me on Boardman SLR 8.9 Carbon - which turned to be a perfect riding position for me (at least what he said) and the size S is the bike size i should go after.
My question would be, where to start:
1) I don't have a budget, as grown adult - we can spend on hobbys from as little as £100 up to £6000 if you are lucky, Wife won't ask the questions.
2) Is buying a used second hand bike on ebay, without trying it (long distance test drive ? ) Will make any sense ? I will underline that i don't know what is comfortable postion to me as i never rode one before
3) I want to have the best possible machine for future use (as my experience and full grow) - but without spending £6K on Canyon bike at the beginning. My budget is from £800 starting, and i am happy with second hand bikes in good condition of course.
Thank you for your time in advance and have a great afternoon.
