Road Bikes
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For £1000 you can get a good Focus Cayo or the Boardman bikes are good value. Maybe try and use Cycle to Work to extend your budget a bit up to 1000.
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
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Why can't you use the mountain bike ? Just makes it a bit harder that's all, you get the same workout and don't have to go as far.
oh sorry I forgot, EVERYONE ELSE is buying a racer and the Sky top from JJB won't suit a mountain bike.
oh sorry I forgot, EVERYONE ELSE is buying a racer and the Sky top from JJB won't suit a mountain bike.
sbbefc
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Road bikes are a million times better, mountain bikes have always been a fad!
Columbia6
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Not a good idea at all I'm afraid. Mountainbikes are simply not fit for the purpose of riding for extended periods on the road. I know it seems like an awfully logical answer, but you might as well be asking someone why they don't drive a dune buggy to work, as it'd be cheaper than buying a car.
OP if you have someone who knows bikes, don't write off a 2nd-hand ex-racer. There are some amazing deals to be had out there, really beautiful bikes for well under £1000. But just like a car, it needs to be looked over by experienced eyes first, 98% of road bikes will have been crashed at some point!
To be honest I dont find riding a mountain bike long distance a problem, I just got some road tyres fitted and makes life a lot easier. I did the London to Brighton on my mountain bike and it was great, I've not ridden a road bike before so might not know what I'm missing but I dont think a mountain bike with decent tyres is all that bad tbh.
Well, it depends on whether you live near any hills and use them for what they are intended for, of course....:huh:
Columbia6
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You need to get a road bike, honestly. After 1 or 2 weeks you'll realise how uncomfortable mountainbikes are. I started out on a MTB too, and expected a roadbike to be the same, just faster. I was wrong!
I'm always slightly put off road bikes as they look a bit flimsy for my considerable frame, whereas my mountain bike feels solid. I'm 6ft 4 and 18 stone and I always imagine destroying a road bike if I got on it
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
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Hit them with the Cube mate.
*makes note that efc82 will bottom the suspension out.
I agree that a full suspension bike isn't ideal for on the road as a lot of the effort you put in is absorbed by the bike, but you are getting the workout, just not getting as much speed or distance from the effort, much the same as riding a fixie really, the latest must have for middle aged men that have been extending their sideburns since the Tour and Olympics.
Admit it mate, you want a racer with 18 gears and skinny wheels to make it easier for you, just bear in mind that the app on your phone will alert the authorities if your time over your usual route increases so dramatically, you'll be pulling off at the end of the bike path and the doping agency will be there to test you and impound the push iron.
Darren Lyons
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Freddie Flintoff road from Greece with Lawrence Dallaglio on a road bike and they are two big boys! Don't think you'll have a problem mate!
There'll be many many people on here that have just done a search with the filter 'bottom out' that are going to be very dissapointed
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