Advice on road bike please.

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Hi All

I have been a user of a hybrid bike for some years and mainly use it for leisure/touring and am
happy with it. However I now want something in addition which will help me to train more
effectively and enable me to

ride

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more quickly - though not necessarily race.

Can anyone give an opinion on a decent make/model of road bike to purchase and what I should look
for in one? Also, tips on where to buy one either online or in NW UK would be appreciated.

Budget is about £250 - £300.

Thank you.

If you want speed you could try a flat barred road bike. You should be able to get last year's
Ridgeback Genesis Day 00 or 01 or something similar for your budget.

"Saint" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Hi All

I have been a user of a hybrid bike for some years and mainly use it for leisure/touring and am
happy with it. However I now want something in addition which will help me to train more
effectively and enable me to

ride

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more quickly - though not necessarily race.

Can anyone give an opinion on a decent make/model of road bike to purchase and what I should look
for in one? Also, tips on where to buy one either online or in NW UK would be appreciated.

Budget is about £250 - £300.

Thank you.

Up your budget by a couple of hundred pounds and there are a lot more

alternatives out there. Don't fall for the flat barred road bike thing on the go at the moment. As
you will have already found out the faster you go the more aerodynamic you want to be, and flat bars
don't let you get down into a comfartable aerodynamic position.

Graham

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and flat bars don't let you get down into a comfartable aerodynamic position.

And lots of baked beans add to the effect considerably! :-)
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"dreamlx10" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Up your budget by a couple of hundred pounds and there are a lot more alternatives out there.
Don't fall for the flat barred road bike thing on the go at the moment. As you will have already
found out the faster you go the more aerodynamic you want to be, and flat bars don't let you get
down into a comfartable aerodynamic position.

I think some people find flat bars more comfortable than drops. My new bike has flat bars and they
still seem to give a pretty aerodynamic posture, whilst keeping easy access to the gears & brakes.

. My take on it is that dropped bars, and their curves, give you more hand-position options.

Yooors,

Iain.

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Up your budget by a couple of hundred pounds and there are a lot

more

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alternatives out there. Don't fall for the flat barred road bike

thing on

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the go at the moment. As you will have already found out the

faster you go

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the more aerodynamic you want to be, and flat bars don't let you

get down

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into a comfartable aerodynamic position.

I think some people find flat bars more comfortable than drops.

My new bike

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has flat bars and they still seem to give a pretty aerodynamic

posture,

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whilst keeping easy access to the gears & brakes.

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get down

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into a *comfartable* aerodynamic position.

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I just love the image that goes with this statement ;-) Dave.

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get down

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> into a *comfartable* aerodynamic position.

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I just love the image that goes with this statement ;-) Dave.

Jet propulsion to help with the hills? Fantastic idea, shame it doesn't seem to work...

Velvet

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Jet propulsion to help with the hills? Fantastic idea, shame it doesn't seem to work...

You need to improve your diet if you want the wind of your passage to become a real force.

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Jet propulsion to help with the hills? Fantastic idea, shame it doesn't seem to work...

You need to improve your diet if you want the wind of your passage to become a real force.

You mean ... the hole in the saddle of my Terry's Liberator isn't a fart hole after all???

Cheers, helen s

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You mean ... the hole in the saddle of my Terry's Liberator isn't a fart hole after all???

Doubt it. Compare and contrast to the precision anatomy based computer modelled fart *slot* in
Specialized's "Body Geometry" series of saddles, which will clearly allow rearward thrust far more
effectively than the mere hole in the Terry models.

Pete.
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