chosensprocket
New Member
hi everyone, i am looking for a bike to try get a bit fitter but really dont know what it is i am after, i am 27 and the last time i rode a bike was when i was 15 or 16, so could really use some advice
Help with some bike advice please
- Thread starter chosensprocket
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Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Hi Chosensprocket, and welcome!
The usual questions regarding your new steed will be:
What is your budget? (We promise to only try and double it, no more.....)
Where do you live and where do you want to cycle?
Have you any preferences? Or more importantly do you have any idea of what you don't want?
The usual questions regarding your new steed will be:
What is your budget? (We promise to only try and double it, no more.....)
Where do you live and where do you want to cycle?
Have you any preferences? Or more importantly do you have any idea of what you don't want?
Canrider
Guru
Just looking in, I hear you very well, chosensprocket, I rode a bike *everywhere* up 'till I was 18, then laid off until I was mid-late-20s, then got back into it again. Let us know *anything* about yourself and your situation, and how you propose to use the bike--it'll all help us give you the best possible advice.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
All valid points from Cubist there. Your answer will determine what sort of bike would be most suitable, road bike, mountain bike, hybrid, unicycle 
It will be worth thinking of these things as you will get plenty of advice that's for sure. Whether it help you decide or not is another matter
to CC though 
slight cross post with canrider there^
It will be worth thinking of these things as you will get plenty of advice that's for sure. Whether it help you decide or not is another matter
to CC though slight cross post with canrider there^
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Will you use the bicycle as a mode of transport, an alternative to car, bus or train? Or do you intend an all-out fitness thing where you will use the bicycle purely as an exercise machine?
Rancid
Active Member
- Location
- Saff Landin
get a nice single speed.
no fuss no hassle...
lots of puffing and panting to start off with but you will soon be motoring.
no fuss no hassle...
lots of puffing and panting to start off with but you will soon be motoring.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
+1
Or at least try to avoid the temptation to get lots of gears until you're experienced enough to know how to use them, and whether or not you genuinely need them. Gears are hugely over-rated.
d.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Ignore the flat-earthers Chosensprocket..... 3x10 is the way forward, unless you are on a Trail bike, in which case 1x10 may be enough!
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
3x10 is massive overkill unless you're a serious racer who needs the close spacing to maintain a precise cadence.
Seriously, most beginners don't know how to use multiple gears and would be better off with a simpler set-up, ie a single chainring. I'd go so far as to say a three-speed hub would be plenty enough for most everyday cyclists' needs - one gear for going uphill, one for going fast, and one for everything else in between.
d.
Seriously, most beginners don't know how to use multiple gears and would be better off with a simpler set-up, ie a single chainring. I'd go so far as to say a three-speed hub would be plenty enough for most everyday cyclists' needs - one gear for going uphill, one for going fast, and one for everything else in between.
d.
Canrider
Guru
Perhaps, but it all depends on exactly what he wants to get out of the bike. If he wants it to get him up to his first TT or cycling with the local club, a geared bike would likely be more appropriate. Anyways, lets not start arguing the case now, let's hear what chosensprocket has to say first! 
Rancid
Active Member
- Location
- Saff Landin
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
I've asked the OP where they live. I didn't recommend any gear systems at all until I know the answer.
You have recommended a singlespeed. I was mocking your potentially disastrous advice. If the Op lives next door to me, singlespeed will be pretty shoot for a beginner. I use 3x10 because I want to be able to get home without pushing.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Anyways, lets not start arguing the case now, let's hear what chosensprocket has to say first!
OK, fair enough. I'll retire to my corner until we've got something worth arguing about.
d.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Seriously, you don't need 30 gears to cycle over that terrain. Five gears would be more than enough as long as they were the right gears.
Sure, singlespeed may not be enough gears for the OP, but I'm convinced that 30 gears will definitely be too many.
d.
