My daughter, moderately sporty but not yet into road bikes, is looking to buy a flat bar commuter for regular journeys home to workplace. Limited hill work in W London so a 3/7 speed hub gear would suffice. A belt driven model would be ideal. Budget arouond £500, second hand not excluded. Any thoughts?
Commuter for daughter
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smokeysmoo
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- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
I read the title and thought that sounds like a fair swop! You Sir are very mis-leading 
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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I read the title and thought that sounds like a fair swop! You Sir are very mis-leading
lol i had to re reoead the OP and then thought , the wife would not be impressed
Can you get hub geared belt driven bikes? the only ones i have seen at that price range are single speed.
Does she want a classic step through like ...
http://www.bikeoutle...11-1429-26.html
and even cheaper ..
http://www.decathlon...s-7-172068763/#
Just found this 7 speed hub gear £474.99
http://www.evanscycles.com/products...oogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=froogle
I think that Trek are about the only company doing off the shelf belt-drive in any volume.
It is possible to do it, as I've found a pic of the transmission, but I think it would be a self-build.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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You can get them but they are around £1000 new , i have not seen any in the OP`s price bracket.
eg.
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/124272.html
I really like the look of the genesis day 1 with 8 speed alfine hub , but again you are lookign at the same sort of price.
eg.
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/124272.html
I really like the look of the genesis day 1 with 8 speed alfine hub , but again you are lookign at the same sort of price.
Turtle Dude
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Trek do a nice lightish Soho Delux model with a belt drive and an 8 speed hub gear - nice it is as well. New, I think they are around £850; s/h I have seen year old models sell for around £400-500. The earlier models had weak hub brakes, so watch out for how old it the bikes is. They also do a cheaper single speed belt-drive, which may be worth a look.
