Hi everyone,
I am looking to buy a new bike.
I am going to bike from Moseley to New Street station everyday (about 6 miles). I have been doing it for over 2 years with an old Decathlon bike that is getting quite tired. I am looking for a new bike to be able to keep my old bike just in case (like when I discovered a flat tyre Monday morning, not happy).
I have a budget of 350 pounds max. Do you think I would be able to find a good and sturdy bike for this amount?
I saw some online, but I am not really sure which brands are good or not (I am not even from England so it makes it even trickier).
Would you be able to let me know it any of those look like good deals:
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-escape-3-women%27s-2013/flat-bar-...
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-escape-3-2013/flat-bar-road/bikes...
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/t10-2011-hybrid-bike-ec001493
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/norco/vfr-3-forma-2013-womens-h...
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-roam-2-disc-women%27s-2012/hybrid...
As I will only be commuting and using it around the city, I don't think I need anything able to do off tracks or something like that. Should I avoid bike with suspensions as I guess it makes them heavier? How about breaks, I can deal with normal v-breaks and I managed to change pads and stuff on my old bike, but I don't know about disc brakes. Are they really better? Don't they make the bike heavier and harder/more expensive to maintain?
I don't really care about looks, as long as it is not pink. And being quite small (1m58) I would obviously need to look for an S or XS model.
All your advises would be more than welcomed.
Thanks in advance
Marion
I am looking to buy a new bike.
I am going to bike from Moseley to New Street station everyday (about 6 miles). I have been doing it for over 2 years with an old Decathlon bike that is getting quite tired. I am looking for a new bike to be able to keep my old bike just in case (like when I discovered a flat tyre Monday morning, not happy).
I have a budget of 350 pounds max. Do you think I would be able to find a good and sturdy bike for this amount?
I saw some online, but I am not really sure which brands are good or not (I am not even from England so it makes it even trickier).
Would you be able to let me know it any of those look like good deals:
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-escape-3-women%27s-2013/flat-bar-...
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-escape-3-2013/flat-bar-road/bikes...
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/t10-2011-hybrid-bike-ec001493
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/norco/vfr-3-forma-2013-womens-h...
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/giant-roam-2-disc-women%27s-2012/hybrid...
As I will only be commuting and using it around the city, I don't think I need anything able to do off tracks or something like that. Should I avoid bike with suspensions as I guess it makes them heavier? How about breaks, I can deal with normal v-breaks and I managed to change pads and stuff on my old bike, but I don't know about disc brakes. Are they really better? Don't they make the bike heavier and harder/more expensive to maintain?
I don't really care about looks, as long as it is not pink. And being quite small (1m58) I would obviously need to look for an S or XS model.
All your advises would be more than welcomed.
Thanks in advance
Marion