How about these?

"Steve L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

Hardly specific links!!!

Looks a bit pricy to me.

What do you want 24 gears for!!

I have 10 and I can manage on 5 (or less) easilly.

Every gear change is lost energy.

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"Steve L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/detail.cfm?ID=20316

Not recommended as it only has one pedal.

Quoted message said:

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

half_pint said:

"Steve L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

Hardly specific links!!!

Can't give specific links.

Quoted message said:

Looks a bit pricy to me.

Me too, but if it's OK, then it might be worth it?

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What do you want 24 gears for!!

WTF do I know? I'm just a beginner looking for a cheap bike that will
be good enough for bridle path and road use.

half_pint said:

"Steve L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/detail.cfm?ID=20316

Not recommended as it only has one pedal.

That link doesn't work for me - it's cookie based.

half_pint said:

What do you want 24 gears for!!

Perhaps you should have posted your "How many gears do you need?" thread
before being rude to someone considering 24 gears, which isn't at a stupid
number of gears. Get with it, mate!, or stop trolling.

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I have 10 and I can manage on 5 (or less) easilly.

I "managed" on 1 then 3 then 5 then 6 then 12 then 24 then 27 gears. I
enjoyed my cycling more every time the number of gears increased.

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Every gear change is lost energy.

A tremendous amount, yeah :-)

~PB

Steve L said:

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 02:23:36 -0000, "half_pint"
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Quoted message said:

Looks a bit pricy to me.

Quoted message said:

Me too, but if it's OK, then it might be worth it?

Looks pretty cheap to me: I wouldn't spend any less than that on a new
MTB, and I'd look to spend more to be honest.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What do you want 24 gears for!!

Quoted message said:

WTF do I know? I'm just a beginner looking for a cheap bike that will
be good enough for bridle path and road use.

For road use, use a bike built for roads. For bridle paths all you
really need is 2" knobbly tyres. Mucho gears are needed for steep
hills, I have 24 on my MTB (an Edinburgh one, as it happens) and I used
the lot last time I had it out, but that was Glen Tress rather than a
trundle along a bridle path.

The EBC bikes you mention will do what you want quite easily, but you
can geta better second hand machine for less if you find something in
your size.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Steve L [email hidden] opined the following...

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That link doesn't work for me - it's cookie based.

The workaround for the EBC website (I know... it shouldn't need a work
around!) is to browse normally to their online shop, then click the
link. This seems to allow the cookie to be set before you attempt to
view the page.

Steve L [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

I don't know the specific bikes, but the EBC range is generally met with
good reviews. Their Courier just got a pretty good writeup in the latest
Cycle magazine.

That said, if you can get to one of their shops I would qualify the
above with... Ride it first.

Jon

in message <[email hidden]>, Steve L

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half_pint said:

"Steve L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

Hardly specific links!!!

Can't give specific links.

Quoted message said:

Looks a bit pricy to me.

Me too, but if it's OK, then it might be worth it?

The Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op own brands are among the best cheap bikes
available in the UK. My neice bought a hybrid there this year
(Edinburgh Coast model); it's an exceedingly nice and well made bike
for the price.

I don't know what you intend to use it for but if it's mainly for urban
use the star bargain is the Revolution Courier, which is a really nice
bike for a ridiculously cheap price.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

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Steve L said:

Still trying to decide what to do about that cheapo bike :-(

I'd appreciate your opinions on these, any good?

Edinburgh Cuillin 3HT '04

or

Revolution Cuillin '04

From here:

http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/

They look like they're up to the job for mountain biking. The Giant I ride
isn't much better and I seem to get by 🙂. The Suntour fork will stop
working properly fairly quickly (6 months or so), but you can replace them
for £30 a time, but to be honest, you might be better off saving weight and
putting a rigid fork on, or looking for something like a second hand
Marzocchi fork with 80mm of travel.
For general off road use, you don't want those 2.1 tyres. 2.1 inch tyres are
good for downhill and jumping, and looking big. For cross country riding at
this time of year, I'd go for Tioga Factory XCs (1.95 inches wide) or their
mud tyres, which are even narrower. That said, the factory XCs work bloody
well in mud IMO. The narrower tyres make pedalling easier too, which is
nice. EBC may swap the tyres before they sell you the bike if you ask
nicely.

It all depends what sort of surface you want to ride on - you mentioned
bridleways in your previous posts, but also mentioned towpaths. I know of
bridleways that are pretty bumpy and muddy, and I'd want a mountain bike for
that. But you might have pretty well surfaced bridleways. I've done off road
riding on a mate's Ridgeback Nova (road wheels and what count as wide road
tyres), and it is possible, but you feel a lot less planted than on a
mountain bike. On the road, even though the Ridgeback's heavier than my
mountain bike, it's faster. The gap closes a bit when you put slicks on the
MTB. The Ridgeback my friend has cost him £200, and it's a nice bike IMO,
and you can get it with mudguards and all that already fitted for the same
price (I think).

It boils down to what sort of riding you want to do - if it's mostly
relatively rough stuff you'll be riding, those EBC bikes will be up to it,
but they're compromised on the road a little. If you'll be doing mainly road
riding, get something with 700c wheels and touring style tyres. You'll still
be able to ride smooth off road surfaces alright, but you'll be quicker on
the road for the same effort.