Echo
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- Location
- London, England
Hello everyone. I have a tough budget to work with here and I'm hoping that some of you may be able to point me in the right direction.
I'm in the UK. London specifically and I need a new bike.
I have roughly £300 - £350 to work with, but I would love to, if possible. Purchase a budget turbo trainer that is worth having, just so that I can get some usage out of the bike on those rainy days and sit the thing in my home gym and get more use out of it.
I've done a little searching and it looks like a hybrid is what I might be looking for. I'd be doing a lot of traveling through the city but likely going through some light dirt trails here and there. Single speed is something I am happy with and would actually prefer. I'm also aware that this budget is fairly low for this sort of thing, but I hope that someone can give me some advice.
I did find a bike that looked decent, it was running for £199 or £299 at the time. Of course a lot of the "elite cyclists" would likely have a fit if I said I considered getting it but I do expect to upgrade within a year to a year and a half anyway, I just need something relatively soon within my budget. I can't seem to find a link to that bike I mentioned, it was simple, seemed like a great deal for the price range but not a top brand or something, all I can remember is that it had some kind of space invader enemy type image on the front of it.
In any case, I hope that someone here can help me out. I'm looking to get back into biking around and get back into shape. I was housebound for a little while after some medical stuff and haven't really been as active as I should have been since.
If you guys and gals know of a good bike within the price range and a decent low cost turbo trainer that brings it out of my range, please let me know all the same. I might just be able to work something out or wait a month.
- Echo.
I'm in the UK. London specifically and I need a new bike.
I have roughly £300 - £350 to work with, but I would love to, if possible. Purchase a budget turbo trainer that is worth having, just so that I can get some usage out of the bike on those rainy days and sit the thing in my home gym and get more use out of it.
I've done a little searching and it looks like a hybrid is what I might be looking for. I'd be doing a lot of traveling through the city but likely going through some light dirt trails here and there. Single speed is something I am happy with and would actually prefer. I'm also aware that this budget is fairly low for this sort of thing, but I hope that someone can give me some advice.
I did find a bike that looked decent, it was running for £199 or £299 at the time. Of course a lot of the "elite cyclists" would likely have a fit if I said I considered getting it but I do expect to upgrade within a year to a year and a half anyway, I just need something relatively soon within my budget. I can't seem to find a link to that bike I mentioned, it was simple, seemed like a great deal for the price range but not a top brand or something, all I can remember is that it had some kind of space invader enemy type image on the front of it.
In any case, I hope that someone here can help me out. I'm looking to get back into biking around and get back into shape. I was housebound for a little while after some medical stuff and haven't really been as active as I should have been since.
If you guys and gals know of a good bike within the price range and a decent low cost turbo trainer that brings it out of my range, please let me know all the same. I might just be able to work something out or wait a month.
- Echo.
I can search, I've found loads of different bikes within my price range, the issue is that there are so many choices, I don't know why one is better than the next or why it may not be and I don't know why a particular brand would be something to look out for over the next. I'd just like to get some 'advice' to figure out what might be the better purchase for my funds. So buying a pre-owned bike is something I am happy to consider, but I still struggle with the same issue of 'what' bike, 'why' ect. Maybe I am overthinking things(?) but I am going to be stuck with it for a while and I'd like to get something worth while if I can.
