looking to cycle my way slim which bike

[paul870]

Hi All

New to cycling. I am 19 stone at the moment 42 years old. I am looking at a bike for weight loss and fitness. I have a budget of £150-£250 to spend. i will be mainly cycling on the road, Was thinking of hybrid. Any help would be very appreciated.

Cheers Paul

 

[punkypossum]

Carrera Subway - but it does involve H**fords...

 

[Steve Austin]

Carrera Subway -

I would agree with that.

 

[ASC1951]

I am looking at a bike for weight loss and fitness.

Lots of bikes for that budget, although I would go for the top end of your range if you can: it's like a bottle of wine, where the cost of advertising, packing, delivering and duty are the same so if you pay £4 instead of £3 you are actually paying twice as much for the contents.

Decathlon are very good value for bikes if you have one near you.

If you are looking to lose weight, controlling the amount you eat is far more important than trying to exercise it away afterwards; I do bags of exercise by normal standards and am still a little porker.

In theory you want the slowest, heaviest most rubbish bike you can get, because that is the hardest work. In fact get the best you can, otherwise you will hate riding it. Give it a year and you will be lighter, fitter and happier. You will then be posting "Recommend me a £750 road bike for 80 mile rides" and I'm afraid it's downhill with the rest of us from then on....

 

[eldudino]

I started in the high 19 stones (now mid-17's ) and bought a sport-hybrid like this

Which is great for my commute and the odd bit of bridleway riding I do but slightly heavy as a long-range bike. If I were to buy again I'd definitely go for a road bike. I've heard good things about the Decathalon bikes, the Sport 2

was on sale recently, there still may be some left or the Sport 1 is about £250. If you're going to do road riding and want something that you can 'grow into' in terms of your fitness I'd recommend a road bike. If someone had told me that when I was buying my bike I'd have been really daunted but I kind of wish I'd gone for one now that I'm addicted to going further and faster!

 

[potsy]

Hi All

New to cycling. I am 19 stone at the moment 42 years old. I am looking at a bike for weight loss and fitness. I have a budget of £150-£250 to spend. i will be mainly cycling on the road, Was thinking of hybrid. Any help would be very appreciated.

Cheers Paul

Welcome Paul. New to this myself so can't offer too much advice on which bike to buy, If it's any help I bought a Trek 7.1fx hybrid £300 and does the job for me. have lost 18lbs this year about 8 of that since I started commuting 2-3 times per week,plan to lose another 15-20lbs by end of the year.

 

[Rezillo]

Carrera Subway - but it does involve H**fords...

I'd second that from my own experience. The gearing is ideal for getting started on and the frame is fine if you're heavy.

As your fitness builds up and your weight goes down, you will find that you're always cycling in the smallest gear on the cassette and wearing it out and then you start looking at other bikes, but that's how it goes!

John

 

[paul870]

After looking on halfords website i found this. Please help me choose

this

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_709757_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

or this

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_240361_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

Thanks for the replys
Paul

 

[punkypossum]

That is a hard choice - they are both identical!

 

[paul870]

After looking on halfords website i found this. Please help me choose

this

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_709757_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

or this

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_240361_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

Thanks for the replys
Paul

link updated sorry for that

 

[punkypossum]

The subway, definitely!!!

 

[Sittingduck]

The subway, definitely!!!

^What the possum said

 

[punkypossum]

Cause possums are always right!

 

[Ivan Ardon]

Don't be seduced by the £30 saving with the Raleigh, it's cheap for a reason - it's rubbish. Wheras the Subway is a good bike, cheap.

 

[Speicher]

I started in the high 19 stones (now mid-17's ) and bought a sport-hybrid like this

Which is great for my commute and the odd bit of bridleway riding I do but slightly heavy as a long-range bike. If I were to buy again I'd definitely go for a road bike. I've heard good things about the Decathalon bikes, the Sport 2

was on sale recently, there still may be some left or the Sport 1 is about £250. If you're going to do road riding and want something that you can 'grow into' in terms of your fitness I'd recommend a road bike. If someone had told me that when I was buying my bike I'd have been really daunted but I kind of wish I'd gone for one now that I'm addicted to going further and faster!

I have been following this thread, as I also need to cycle myself thin. (to lose about three stone).

I have looked on the Decathlon website and the Sport is called b'Twin. Is this a brand name that might be on sale elsewhere. My nearest Decathlon is not remotely easy to get to, and also they do not list a Sport 1 Ladies.

I would not want to spend two lots of £300 approx inside two years.
Would it be better to get a second hand hybrid, as I know somewhere to get second hand, serviced, roadworthy bikes, which you can return within one month if they are not right. Then save up for a "better" ie lighter bike?

Is a sport-hybrid different from a hybrid? Thank you for your help.