Winter Bikes???

[Meschersmit]

Thanks to the lovely summer I have not been out on my pride and joy road
bike as much as I would like to. I'd like to get a Winter Bike, or rough
bike if you like, so I can train in lousy weather in summer and winter. Can
anyone recommend such a bike that doesn't cost the earth (£700 or so)??
Many thanks,
MS

 

[Arthur Clune]

Meschersmit <[email protected]> wrote:
: Thanks to the lovely summer I have not been out on my pride and joy road
: bike as much as I would like to. I'd like to get a Winter Bike, or rough
: bike if you like, so I can train in lousy weather in summer and winter. Can
: anyone recommend such a bike that doesn't cost the earth (£700 or so)??

I got a Tifosi CK7 audax/winter training frame (I had the bits) and it's
lovely. Takes deep drop dual pivots and 'guards. Frame is £200 so you
could build a new bike up for £800 or so.

http://www.tifosi-cycles.co.uk/frames/ck7.html
(there's a CW review there)

10 Speed Veloce Triple £598

For a cheap frame I'm really, really pleased with how it rides.

Arthur

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[Peter Clinch]

Meschersmit wrote:
> Thanks to the lovely summer I have not been out on my pride and joy road
> bike as much as I would like to. I'd like to get a Winter Bike, or rough
> bike if you like, so I can train in lousy weather in summer and winter.Can
> anyone recommend such a bike that doesn't cost the earth (£700 or so)??

ITYM "Hack bike" ;-)

The EBC Revolution Continentals are £300 and £400 and both have eyelets
for mudguards, so if you want to ride in the wet without being covered
in the delightful crunge that covers the roads that could be a very nice
feature. They're not exactly top end but reviews suggest they're okay
and good value (fairly typical for EBC bikes).
http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk and follow links into the shop.

The rags have various bargains on last years colour bikes and may be
worth a look through.

Pete.
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[Arthur Clune]

Peter Clinch <[email protected]> wrote:

: ITYM "Hack bike" ;-)

I think he doesn't

I have a "Hack Bike" for going to the pub and leaving out. I also
have a winter training bike for riding distance in winter. It's
much too nice to leave outside the pub but rather less nicer than
my summer race bike.

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"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

 

[davek]

Arthur Clune wrote:
> I got a Tifosi CK7 audax/winter training frame (I had the bits) and it's
> lovely. Takes deep drop dual pivots and 'guards. Frame is £200 so you
> could build a new bike up for £800 or so.

That reminds me - Ribble were offering a 7005 audax/winter frame for
£160, with ITM carbon forks (with mudguard eyes), integral headset,
alloy seatpost and SKS narrow mudguards thrown in free...

Unfortunately, the offer ended at midday today. But it would probably be
worth keeping an eye on their site for future offers.

d.

 

[Simonb]

davek wrote:

> That reminds me - Ribble were offering a 7005 audax/winter frame for
> £160, with ITM carbon forks (with mudguard eyes), integral headset,
> alloy seatpost and SKS narrow mudguards thrown in free...

Wow! That's a good deal. Those ITM forks (Spider, I presume) are worth £60
on their own.

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Meschersmit
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Thanks to the lovely summer I have not been out on my pride and joy
> road
> bike as much as I would like to. I'd like to get a Winter Bike, or
> rough
> bike if you like, so I can train in lousy weather in summer and
> winter. Can anyone recommend such a bike that doesn't cost the earth
> (£700 or so)?? Many thanks,

I have a Raleigh Record Sprint, bought in 1992 for not a lot. It never
was great, but as something to put the miles on over the winter it's
more than adequate. You can get something as good in your local paper
small ads for under a hundred, and spending less than another hundred
tidying it up will give you something perfectly functional.

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[MSA]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> davek wrote:
>
> > That reminds me - Ribble were offering a 7005 audax/winter frame for
> > £160, with ITM carbon forks (with mudguard eyes), integral headset,
> > alloy seatpost and SKS narrow mudguards thrown in free...
>
> Wow! That's a good deal. Those ITM forks (Spider, I presume) are worth £60
> on their own.
>
>
>

This is what I've just ordered. Being built with Ambrosio Excellence
wheels and Veloce 10 speed, double.

http://tinyurl.com/48rvz

A friend has one, well impressed.



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