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Bike advice please
Ro1
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I'm looking at buying a road bike for my husbands birthday but I don't know where to start. He's done a number of triathlons (on borrowed bikes) and is now doing a Half Ironman in June and plans to do a full Ironman within 12 months so looking for something that will last for training and racing.
My budget is around 400GBP so really only able to get an entry level road bike - I have found the following bikes and would love any feedback/recommendations you can give:-
Trek 1000C 400GBP
Claude Butler 2006 Roubaix 360GBP
Giant OCR 2 400GBP
Thanks very much!![:D]
My budget is around 400GBP so really only able to get an entry level road bike - I have found the following bikes and would love any feedback/recommendations you can give:-
Trek 1000C 400GBP
Claude Butler 2006 Roubaix 360GBP
Giant OCR 2 400GBP
Thanks very much!![:D]
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Cheers, Rob
otherwise buy 220 mag and look at the sale section, or even ebay.. but be careful and if you're looking at used take someone who knows bikes with you.
which half is he doing? i'm doing weymouth i think and might do the one at wimbleball.
good luck
fat matt
fat matt
Is it a surprise or does your hubby know about it? Either way make sure you get the right size frame... some companies do 54/57/59 cm frames and others do 55/58/60 cm frames... getting the right size frame is one of the most important things for performance...
Happy shopping!
fatmatt - its wimbleball on June 18
Cheers
good luck
fatmatt
A few things -
1 -
The quoted reply looks like spam. It has a link to some Bank credit site on it, yet asks about where to get finance - in poor English. Apologies in advance if this is not the case.
2 -
I bought a practically brand new 06 Allez off Ebay for less than £300 inc delivery. It even came with a cateye bike computer and Look clipless peddles. There are bargains out there - you just need to be patient and really look around.
3 - Boardman bikes are quite reasonable I hear. You get them from Halfords. I have no personal experience, but they get decent reviews. It's just that Halford customer service is not particularly well renowned!
4 - Your husband has the UK Ironman 70.3 in June and doesnt have a bike? You need to get it to him pretty damn quickly!
*EDIT*: Wow! I notified Admin about 2 mins ago and he's gone already! Cheers Admin!
See?? They do love us after all! [:D]
14 months old and I am after £400.
Covered 850 dry miles since new.
( saddle pack, lights and wireless cat eye are not for sale).
http://i34.tinypic.com/x3fdk.jpg
The offer is there.