Specialized for £235 or Claud Butler for £100

[SteCenturion]

Why buy a tracking device & pay an annual tracking fee for a £200 2nd hand bike.
This is only worthwhile if you're bike is say £1500 or maybe £2k upwards.
Insurance policy ??
See what your house insurance policy covers you for - or go to a specialist like Velosure or CycleGaurd.
Sometimes paying a little extra to upgrade your home insurance is the way to go.
Either way - bike gets stolen - claim - buy another.

 

[The Jogger]

Buy a new Carerra Subway or a second hand Specialized Sirrus, both very reliable and on budget.

 

[L14M]

To be fair I know somebody that rides his fixie everywhere, even to the south of france!
But, seriously if you get a bike your not sure about DON'T you will regret it! The Carerra Zelos is what I have got and I love it!

 

[Hydrode]

How much do you think the Claud Butler is worth now, is £100 a good price for it?

Link is on the original post.

 

[vickster]

Do you have a link, pictures? What do they sell on eBay for? Value will depend on condition and how much a buyer wants to pay (and how many buyers want it)

£100 isn't much for a bike as long as you don't need to spend the same again or more making it roadworthy!

 

[Hydrode]

I'm thinking about reliability, if I just buy a simple bike like the langster then not much can go wrong with it.

What bike do you think will go faster?

 

[vickster]

How old are you, how fit are you? What types of terrain are you riding?

That's an impossible question to answer

 

[Hydrode]

20 years old, I have quite strong legs but I need to do more cardio, I do squats and deadlifts as I am also a bodybuilder so my legs are starting to become quite strong.

 

[Cuchilo]

If you are 20 and do squats the silver one will go faster .

 

[jefmcg]

In case no one else has googled it, the Vitesse is a £200(tesco)/£150 (amazon) road bike, with twist gear shifts! http://www.tesco.com/direct/vitesse-sprint-race-700c-road-bike/208-9191.prd

You're never going to have much luck with a new road bicycle that cheap. What you've described is the problems always reported with a bike that cheap. Just put it down to experience, but be assured better bikes will perform infinitely better. (The gear shifters on that bike are only designed for a flat bar, I've never heard of them on drop bars)

I think you'll do fine with a single speed: I'm a woman and more than twice your age, and when the gear cable seized on my folder, I continued my 32 mile commute, as it was nearly flat ... oh, and cycled to Brighton with only the one speed. I've also down a hilly 200km with a man (also more than twice your age) who did it all on a fixed.

However, if you can up your budget a little ,you may consider a triban 3 (red model preferred) http://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-3-red-road-bike-id_8274036.html Search these forums for more information. Wildly regarded as the cheapest road bike worth buying, and should do you very welll.

 

[Hydrode]

I bought the specialized langster today, I won't be taking it to work as it'll get stolen. I'm going to buy a cheap scooter to get to work, I'm going to make sure that it is maintained, at least if I maintain it, I won't lose that much money if I decide to sell it later on.

How much do you think a broken Vittesse will go for by the way?

 

[Cyclist33]

Good choice, I hanker after a flat bar langster I see at the station often!

 

[vickster]

How much do you think a broken Vittesse will go for by the way?

Nothing, give it to a local bike charity who can fix and get some benefit from it. New year feel good factor

How is a scooter cheaper than a couple of good locks, once you purchase, insure, maintain, tax, fuel, buy equipment? Unless you mean one of the kiddie self propelled ones?!

 

[Hydrode]

It's a really good bike, much better than the vittesse sprint.

When I said scooter I mean a kids scooter, not the motor powered scooters.