Bike advice please

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Looking for something which will mainly be on road but
also good at mild

off

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road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough gravel tracks,
that sort of stuff). Must come with or be able to have
fitted, mudguards and rack.

Have a look at ridgeback.co.ukridgeback.co.ukOpen ↗ you should find
something to your taste there.

I have an older Ridgeback hybrid and it meets all of your
needs, cant see why the more recent models woan't.

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up to £400 but could go higher if there is a
convincing reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this
price worth it or not?

Mine doesn't have suspension and it copes with all of the
surfaces that you want to ride on.

vernon levy said:

Quoted message said:

Looking for something which will mainly be on road but
also good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths,
rough gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with
or be able to have fitted, mudguards and rack.

Have a look at ridgeback.co.ukridgeback.co.ukOpen ↗ you should find
something to your taste there.

I have an older Ridgeback hybrid and it meets all of your
needs, cant see why the more recent models woan't.

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up to £400 but could go higher if there is a convincing
reason for SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it
or not?

Mine doesn't have suspension and it copes with all of the
surfaces that you want to ride on.

I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain
the OP's thinking of riding on, but my mate's £200 Ridgeback
Hybrid has a suspension seatpost, which IMO is quite a nice
thing to have.

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I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain
the OP's

thinking

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of riding on, but my mate's £200 Ridgeback Hybrid has a
suspension

seatpost,

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which IMO is quite a nice thing to have.

Casting my mind back, I did the C2C which has all of the
surfaces metioned by the OP on a road bike with no ill
effects to me or the bike.

I can't comment on a suspension seat post. I rely on ample
padding that's an anatomical feature of my frame :-)

Doki said:

I wouldn't say you need suspension for any of the terrain
the OP's thinking of riding on, but my mate's £200
Ridgeback Hybrid has a suspension seatpost, which IMO is
quite a nice thing to have.

We have Ridgeback Adventures and they're comfortable to
ride. Suspension forks and seatpost.

Tumbleweed said:

Looking for something which will mainly be on road but also
good at mild off road (canal towpaths, bridle paths, rough
gravel tracks, that sort of stuff). Must come with or be
able to have fitted, mudguards and rack. Budget up to £400
but could go higher if there is a convincing reason for
SWMBO. Is suspension at this price worth it or not?

I bought a Dawes Tanami for Mrs C-F. She is delighted with
it.

It has guards, rack, suspension seat-post.
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Cheers,

Al