Best Hybrid bike for £500 - £600 mainly for road Help please :-))

[Ch33ky74]

Hi All

I'm new to the site and looking at purchasing my first bike for fitness. Budget £500 - £600.
Think I'd like it to have disk breaks but not sure about front suspension forks. I would be most grateful for any advice, thanks everyone.

Gary

 

[vickster]

Whyte Cambridge, 2011 or 2012 model

http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/catalog/search_results.php?searchwords=whyte+cambridge

Best is pretty tough to quantify...I like my Cambridge, carbon fork for comfort too

This gets asked a lot, Boardman comes up often - advantage of coming from Halfords which are everywhere, disadvantage is it comes from Halfords

Mechanical disc brakes though rather than hydraulics as the Whyte

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_992052_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

Join British cycling for 10% off at Halfords and lots of other benefits - Ride membership, £32 (you'll recoup it if buy a bike)

 

[Cyclist33]

http://www.zeevon.com/cycle/bikes/mens-bikes/mens-leisure-commute/cannondale-quick-4-2014

 

[vickster]

Lost the disc brakes

However. http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/catalog/product.php?CI_ID=16086&O_ID=1

But no carbon fork

 

[Cyclist33]

Lost the disc brakes

They're overrated!

 

[vickster]

Except the OP wants them

Although disc breaks would concern me a lot

 

[Cyclist33]

Say's they think they'd like to have them... so not 100% a necessity!

 

[vickster]

Nope but there are options with them. I think they are helpful on a commuter for use in traffic and rain but not for riding on quieter, less busy roads in the rain

Last longer too, but add weight

 

[Big Nick]

Can't speak for the rest but my Boardman Hybrid Comp is a really good bike for just road use

It's quite capable of decent speeds without slogging your guts out. I'm not keen on the Sram gears though as when changing to the lowest cogs it has a tendency to rough change however whilst in between the higher gears it's very smooth.

Nice looking machine as well

 

[Ch33ky74]

Hi guys

Thanks very much for the info and input. Ive chosen this bike thanks again.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_992033_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

 

[Big Nick]

Hi guys

Thanks very much for the info and input. Ive chosen this bike thanks again.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_992033_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

Nice choice Sir !!

 

[Ch33ky74]

Thank you very much.

 

[vickster]

Hi guys

Thanks very much for the info and input. Ive chosen this bike thanks again.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_992033_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

Nice. Join British cycling and get 10% off

 

[Ch33ky74]

Im getting it through the cycle2work scheme so not sure how that would work Vickster

 

[vickster]

Ah not sure if you can, but check with halfords. Certainly worth joining anyhow for the other benefits