Best type of bike for on-road and off-road cycling?
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Yeah I think the frame is just shorter in some areas looking at the geometry listed. I'll give those guys a ring tomorrow. They don't say how much they have in stock for each of the bikes.
RoadRider400
Some bloke that likes cycling alone
"the majority of my riding would be on the road but I would like option to be able to go off-road"
Cyclocross or gravel, possibly on the used market. If you are riding mostly on roads then a mountain bike is the last thing you want.
Cyclocross or gravel, possibly on the used market. If you are riding mostly on roads then a mountain bike is the last thing you want.
vickster
Legendary Member
Plus the work and assuming the rotors are ok.
What are the bikes?
Do you even need disc brakes?
It was most of them in my price range to be honest. I've been looking at some of the boardman and specialized ones. There's was tifosi cavazzo on there for 900 or best offer but it's gone already. That was only mechanical. I was under the impression that disk brakes are miles better and quite useful when riding on trails and what not. Am I wrong? It wouldnt surprise me haha.
vickster
Legendary Member
But your budget is £500-600?
How fast are you going to be on the trails and riding when it's very mucky? Gravel bikes aren't so much for mucky bumpy conditions, that's more a mountain bike?
And you said before you'll be riding mostly on roads...I'm still confused as to what you want? Maybe you need a road bike and an MTB?
If you do want Gravel, Merlin have this in your budget (new and in stock). Get their advice on sizing
https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g2-claris-gravel-bike-2021-197226.html
Or for more cash https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-malt-g2p-tiagra-gravel-bike-2021-197427.html
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Now I'm confused. I thought a gravel bike was specifically made for bumpy conditions. Gravel roads and dirt tracks. I just figured it gravel bikes were pretty much hybrids with drop handlebars. And yeah my budget is around that but I'm willing to spend a little more but only if it's really good deal.
I want to be able to do a bit of both. Not necessarily true off roading but on unpaved tracks. Like the picture the other guy posted. I think I want either a hybrid or a gravel. Those Merlins seem like what I'm after. I think I may of confused things by calling it off roading. Like I say they are more unpaved forestry and gravel tracks that I'm thinking off.
I want to be able to do a bit of both. Not necessarily true off roading but on unpaved tracks. Like the picture the other guy posted. I think I want either a hybrid or a gravel. Those Merlins seem like what I'm after. I think I may of confused things by calling it off roading. Like I say they are more unpaved forestry and gravel tracks that I'm thinking off.
vickster
Legendary Member
So not woods and MTB trails? I don't really know what you mean as here in suburban London most things in parks etc are passable in summer at least on a road bike! I hadn't seen the pictures but the second one looks like a better surface than most of the roads around here!!
Grant Fondo
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That Boardman sold for £458
Well they are kind of forestry tracks through woods. And from what I've seen on YouTube gravel bikes handle regular pathways through woods. They seem to handle things like roots quite well. Where I live I literally have the north Yorkshire Dale's on my doorstep so it would that kind of terrain if you know what I mean. I feel like I've confused things with my inexperience haha.
And yeah I missed out on the boardman because I had rubbish signal. I got a notification telling me it was nearly ended but couldn't load up the app.
And yeah I missed out on the boardman because I had rubbish signal. I got a notification telling me it was nearly ended but couldn't load up the app.
