Help - Can't get on with my new bike.

[Truth]

To be honest ..... its the type of answer I like..... straight to the point and direct !
Cheers

 

[autolycus]

Hi Autolycus.
I could probably search your posts to find out but what did you buy in the end?
Its ok , I was looking to possibly treat myself to the same bike you had problems with , from Fred Williams Cycles in Wolverhampton , but this has put me off a bit......
Must admit the disc brakes are a massive plus on it BUT when things do go wrong with them they are so much harder to sort out!
Having a dilema whether to just stick with my poor mans Kona Dew City Hybrid and save myself £600!

Hi Truth - don't let the avatar fool you! I'm afraid i'm a surrey glory-seeker from the 1950s, not a local :-)

To answer your question i went for a Boardman team hybrid, but it did not end well. There is another thread here on that experience - which stirred up a hotbed of apathy - but to which i will soon return as some interesting (and to my mind, scandalous) details emerged. The bottom line is that I wish i'd stuck with the sirrus and perhaps changed the shifters. The disc brakes on the boardman were exactly the same. Sometimes worked well and other times made the most god-awful racket, with no causal pattern that i could determine. Always stopped me though. The Boardman seemed quicker and the thumb-push sram shifters suited me much better. But i found myself irritated by rubbing heels on the chainstays - which i cured with pedal extenders - and i had to change the cassette for a lower bottom gear.

Neither of these features was evident after a ride around the carpark - IMO rideswithmoobs is completely correct in this respect.

What finally screwed it was that i could not safely use an adjustable stem with the Boardman as it it has a full carbon fork (not an aluminium steerer as advertised). At my age that was a 'deal-breaker'.

So now i'm trying to find a hybrid bike with a spec that includes narrow tyres, rim brakes, a longish chainstay, low bottom gear, push shifters, aluminium steerer.........

Should be a piece of cake :-)

 

[vickster]

Look at the Whyte R7 range, not sure if all come with disc brakes though

Or get a road frame and build it into a flat bar, what I have done with a bargain Planet X bike (group set pillaged for carbon road bike, road bike mechs, brakes, cranks etc swapped to flat bar, just bought bars, brakes levers and the shifters)

 

[autolycus]

Thanks - the Cambridge is definitely on my radar - disk brakes and all!

 

[Truth]

Oh how I wished those days of the 1950's would return Auto !!!
Maybe some day .......
Thanks for the info mate

 

[vickster]

Thanks - the Cambridge is definitely on my radar - disk brakes and all!

I had one, recently sold, very good bike (mine was just a bit small for me)

If you google, you might find a good deal on an older model

This is a very good alternative http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXLDNRDAPEXFB/planet-x-london-road-sram-apex-flat-bar-bike

 

[Truth]

Look at the Whyte R7 range, not sure if all come with disc brakes though

Or get a road frame and build it into a flat bar, what I have done with a bargain Planet X bike (group set pillaged for carbon road bike, road bike mechs, brakes, cranks etc swapped to flat bar, just bought bars, brakes levers and the shifters)

WAY to complicated and involved for me mate.
I am useless !

 

[vickster]

WAY to complicated and involved for me mate.
I am useless !

I paid a bike shop to build it

 

[Truth]

I had one, recently sold, very good bike (mine was just a bit small for me)

If you google, you might find a good deal on an older model

Been looking on E bay but not much joy and would LIKE a new on........

 

[vickster]

Been looking on E bay but not much joy and would LIKE a new on........

A new older model I mean! E.g.

http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/catalog/product.php?CI_ID=12322

 

[Truth]

I am a small
The more I look the more confused I get !
Looking at Boardman Hybrid Comp now from Halfrauds. £360 with the extra 10% discount now..........
Should start a new thread really

 

[autolycus]

That can be the problem looking for new/old - when you finally find the right spec at a good price it's never the right size!

 

[Truth]

Just started a new thread on this .
Thanks , as usual , for all of your input everyone

 

[vickster]

I am a small
The more I look the more confused I get !
Looking at Boardman Hybrid Comp now from Halfrauds. £360 with the extra 10% discount now..........
Should start a new thread really

Join BC and save another 10% potentially

 

[Truth]

Thats the plan. Cheers