Commuting bike for semi rough terrain for around 500£

[subaqua]

Yes.



No.

decathlon are in France too!

 

[Goggs]

decathlon are in France too!

Decathlon are everywhere.

 

[NotMe2]

In parallel, I am monitoring Gumtree in the London area to see if I can find something used around 400 quid. From time to time something pops up.

 

[macp]

I just started using my Spec Rockhopper MTB (mountain bike) to commute and realised just how good it is for commuting especially with some road tyres fitted. I will take canal towpaths on my way home sometimes. It just takes anything you can throw at it with superb disc brakes for powerful stopping.

 

[NotMe2]

.... found this one for 210 pounds... must have been stolen or something.

Unfortunately too far away.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/...th-hydraulic-break-and-carbon-fork/1190593712

 

[mjr]

It has just 3 gears. Is your riding fairly flat? I don't know if it's the case with that one, but fixing a puncture on a hub wheel can be difficult, may not be ideal if pressed for time on a commuter.

Three gears can be fine: top for flat/downhill, normal for uphill and low for serious uphill... and above 15%, I'm walking but may be doing that anyway. Fixing a puncture on a hub wheel isn't too hard and if pressed for time, remove the sharp object from the tyre and dump a sealant canister in. You can't do the current fad of swapping inner tubes as easily, but that's an expensive approach to punctures anyway.

12.5kg is pretty heavy for a simple bike.

I never had you pegged as a weight weenie!

Tyres are not a reason to choose a bike, they are easy and often cheap to replace (they are a consumable). I think 40mm is overly fat for a bike used on the road, but personal preference [...]

I think 37mm is a fairly common road-going tyre size (it's near enough that it was sold as the old 1⅜" as in 28x1⅝x1⅜" and 26x1⅜", as well as the c in 700c when 700 was the tyre diameter and c indicated the width) and some tyres listed as 40mm are closer to 37... and most such tyres are run closer to a comfortable 60psi than the filling-rattling 110psi used by many racier road bikes now... but ultimately, yes, tyres are relatively cheap and it's usually easy to vary tyre width by a few millimetres.

 

[NotMe2]

What do you guys think about this one? She says she is unsure about the size, but she thinks that the frame is s..... is there a chance that it is actually m? She provides some meassurements in the description.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/...ydrol-avid-brakes-see-description-/1183057311

 

[LetMeEatCake]

Hmm - I think she's quoting the top tube as "22.5/23 inches". Assuming the geometry's the same as this year's Boardman Team, then size S would be 565 mm (22.2 inches), and size M would be 590 mm (23.2 inches). So could be either ... but it looks like a small in the photos.

 

[vickster]

£1100 for an alu Boardman, v unlikely

If you do go and view, ask to see the receipt

 

[outlash]

I dont know why anyone would buy a CX bike, ever..

To race cyclocross?

 

[NickTB]

What about this over on AVforums

https://www.avforums.com/threads/boardman-hybrid-sport-bike-2014-54cm.2054646/

 

[Tin Pot]

To race cyclocross?

My comment still stands...

 

[outlash]

My comment still stands...

Yeah, because why be crap at one sport when you can be crap at three?

 

[NotMe2]

Heya,

what about this one?

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/36966...JL--7IC-v-s4j7WNo7WedYBpvFE3N_fDP4hoCgUvw_wcB

Some mud guards and off I go?

Edit: We had that one in the thread already, I think. Was not available in my size, now it is, and it is even cheaper than at the suggested shop. Or am I missing something?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Check tyre size with mudguards and get it bought. Rutland are OK.

ETA
(As in, you need, IMHO, 32s and mudguard clearange for your proposed use)