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=

ork

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

and

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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...

ridgeback.co.ukbike.aspOpen ↗
1&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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