WTD: Touring bike

[memoman]

As some of you may know from my thread, I'm going to do LEJOG next year with a couple of my mates when we (finally) leave school for charity. As I only have a crappy Apollo mountain bike, I am in desperate need of a reliable touring bike with lots of gears! I am only 15 so I am not loaded but I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks

 

[Muddyfox]

Letting us know what size you require would be a good start

Simon

 

[memoman]

Letting us know what size you require would be a good start

Simon

Oh, sorry

I'm 6ft so it would be a large frame.

Thanks

 

[Muddyfox]

Oh, sorry

I'm 6ft so it would be a large frame.

Thanks

Do you have a budget in mind ?

Simon

 

[twobiker]

Why not use the Apollo, bragging rights for not using something well maintained.

 

[vernon]

Why not use the Apollo, bragging rights for not using something well maintained.

It must be easier to do it on an Apollo than a Raleigh Chopper

 

[Broughtonblue]

My lbs sometimes has excellent second hand bikes in, they only take in bikes they have sold and serviced, I recently picked up a Scott p4 sportster for a very decent price. Might be worth asking the shops in your area

 

[Headgardener]

Never heard of anybody who left school for charity . On the bike front if you can raise it £800 will get you a Dawes Horizion which I can recomend. In fact next years bikes will be out soon so you may find this years, ie 2011, at reduced prices.