Cheap work bike?

What sort of distance to be travelled? What surface to be cycled over?
When you say a "bike for work" do you mean a bike to commute to and from work,
or a bike that is to be used as part of work?

Cheers, helen s

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Len Pearce said:

I have been asked to buy a bike for work which needs to be a bit of a w=

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horse. I have budgeted =A3200 for bike and accesories (Rack, mudguards=

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stand). Does anyone have any tips on where to look or what to buy?

You could probably do a lot worse than one of these...

http://www.ridgeback.co.uk/bikes/2004/bike.asp?seriesid=3D21&index=3D2

The main Ridgeback page has a dealer locater.
That doesn't include a stand but that shouldn't be too much more.

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in message <[email hidden]>, Len Pearce

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Hi People,

I have been asked to buy a bike for work which needs to be a bit of a
work
horse. I have budgeted £200 for bike and accesories (Rack, mudguards
and
stand). Does anyone have any tips on where to look or what to buy?

You need to tell us more about where it will be used and who by.

Is the area where it will be used mostly flat, or does it have steep
climbs? If it's flatish, an ungeared bike will be a lot more durable
for the money. What's the difference in height between the shortest
person who will use it and the tallest person?

There is a bit of a problem with the state of the bike market just now;
there are very few low-price utility bikes around, and most low price
bikes have 'features' (like gears, suspension, and even disk brakes)
which require quite a lot of maintenance.

It may be worth looking at the Pashley range
<URL:http://www.pashley.co.uk/> - Pashley is Britain's surviving maker
of work bikes, and their Mailstar looks quite close to what you want
<URL:http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/work/mailstar/splash.html> - but
I don't know what their pricing is like and it may be out of your
budget.

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