Hi,
I've recently decided to buy a new bike. I currently have a really old crappy bike with broken gears which isn't much use as it's too hard to ride in 1 gear.
I just want a bike to cycle places rather than drive, as i can't afford all the petrol i'm using, and i need to get more excercise. I drive to my friends house probably every day, which is about 6 miles each way, so it would be much better to cycle, and also the 8 mile ride to college would be nice to cycle now and again.
I also plan to do a lot of cycling down the woods on long rides, as well as just around general places using roads.
I don't want to spend any more than £200 at most and i'm not really looking for anything too good, just something decent and comfy that will suit my purpose. I am kind of looking for a mountain bike with dual suspension (even though i have read the rear suspension on a bike less than a grand is useless - i just like the look of it)
I know nothing about bikes, and have been looking at a few cheap ones on ebay, but i have no idea wether what i'd be buying is a peice of **** or not..
Here's one i was looking at on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EXILE-ADDICT-DH-ALLOY-DISC-FULL-SHOX-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-NEW_W0QQitemZ270106916084QQihZ017QQcategoryZ33503QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And things similar to that...
Any help or advice would be greatly appreacited
I've recently decided to buy a new bike. I currently have a really old crappy bike with broken gears which isn't much use as it's too hard to ride in 1 gear.
I just want a bike to cycle places rather than drive, as i can't afford all the petrol i'm using, and i need to get more excercise. I drive to my friends house probably every day, which is about 6 miles each way, so it would be much better to cycle, and also the 8 mile ride to college would be nice to cycle now and again.
I also plan to do a lot of cycling down the woods on long rides, as well as just around general places using roads.
I don't want to spend any more than £200 at most and i'm not really looking for anything too good, just something decent and comfy that will suit my purpose. I am kind of looking for a mountain bike with dual suspension (even though i have read the rear suspension on a bike less than a grand is useless - i just like the look of it)
I know nothing about bikes, and have been looking at a few cheap ones on ebay, but i have no idea wether what i'd be buying is a peice of **** or not..
Here's one i was looking at on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EXILE-ADDICT-DH-ALLOY-DISC-FULL-SHOX-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-NEW_W0QQitemZ270106916084QQihZ017QQcategoryZ33503QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And things similar to that...
Any help or advice would be greatly appreacited