Sandman
Distinguished Member
Well last summer I dusted off my old mountain bike and cycled to work a few times. It is an 8 miles journey door to door with a 1 mile hill in the middle (downhill on journey to work). Anyway the jouney to work was ok but I found the journey home quite hard (with the long climb in the middle) and soon gave it up.
Recently my brother was home from NZ and we went on a day trip to one of the western isles up here and hired bikes for a day. The bikes we got were "hybrid" bikes but accorded to my bro they were pretty crap bikes (he knows what he is talking about as he is a keen cyclist over in NZ). Even on these "crap" hire bikes I found it much easier going than on my mountain bike. So much easier in fact I have decided to take advantage of my works cycle to work scheme and get myself a new bike for commuting.
So, I have £500 to spend on a bike. My bro wants me to spend a bit more and get a road bike (specialised allez sport) but I am thinking a hybrid would suit me better as I will be using it through the winter. I am looking at a Boardman Hybrid Comp in Halfords for £499.
Is there any other hybrids for about £499 that I should be considering or do you think I should be looking at road bikes?
Recently my brother was home from NZ and we went on a day trip to one of the western isles up here and hired bikes for a day. The bikes we got were "hybrid" bikes but accorded to my bro they were pretty crap bikes (he knows what he is talking about as he is a keen cyclist over in NZ). Even on these "crap" hire bikes I found it much easier going than on my mountain bike. So much easier in fact I have decided to take advantage of my works cycle to work scheme and get myself a new bike for commuting.
So, I have £500 to spend on a bike. My bro wants me to spend a bit more and get a road bike (specialised allez sport) but I am thinking a hybrid would suit me better as I will be using it through the winter. I am looking at a Boardman Hybrid Comp in Halfords for £499.
Is there any other hybrids for about £499 that I should be considering or do you think I should be looking at road bikes?