Which bike.

[st3v3]

Road, hybrid or MTB for the manchester to Blackpool ride or is it just personnel choice?

 

[smokeysmoo]

Personal choice. You have to remember that the M2B is just one ride, the bike you choose will have to fit whatever is your normal type of riding. You'll be amazed at the variety of bikes on the M2B, you'll see everything from weight weenie road bikes, full susser mtb's, hybrids, BSO's, (bicycle shaped objects), to unicycles. So really any bike will do, but then you have to live with afterwards, so it's imperative it suits your day to day/week to week requirements

 

[st3v3]

food for thought..

 

[biggs682]

i would go for one that you enjoy riding , one that you can afford , one you like and one that the wife or what ever lets you have and that way you get 3 bikes !!

 

[Edwards80]

This video proves you can ride anything for the Manchester to Blackpool ride I think (Skip to 1min 20secs)
View: http://youtu.be/WhE7nzoHAw8?t=1m23s


Might be a good commuter, plenty of space for panniers and a good view of traffic

 

[smokeysmoo]

I'm at work so can't view the above vid due to internet filters, grrrrr. I presume it's the Chorlton Tall Bike is it?

 

[VamP]

i would go for one that you enjoy riding , one that you can afford , one you like and one that the wife or what ever lets you have and that way you get 3 bikes !!

...erm, 4.

 

[Edwards80]

I'm at work so can't view the above vid due to internet filters, grrrrr. I presume it's the Chorlton Tall Bike is it?

That's the one (I didn't know its official name) - Me and the Mrs had fun trying to work out how you get onto the thing

 

[smokeysmoo]

There's another YouTube vid that shows a guy mounting and dis-mounting it. Makes it seem really easy, convinced I'd be eating the pavement though if I tried it!
I saw it on the M2B a couple of years ago, freakin' glad I was riding that into the wind at St Annes!