For the past two years I've been riding a pimped up Vita Sport from Specialized. It's not a bad bike by any means, but it was designed as a flat bar hybrid - not for a speed freak like me. Having swapped out the flat bar for drops, I figured that this would deal with the problem of wind-drag, but it didn't. I'm now a bit fed up of wasting like 20% of my energy on simply pulling against the wind. My body, tiny though it is, ends up acting as a sort of 'parachute'.
So I'm thinking of buying a new bike.
I am a poor student and as such my fiscal reserves are not exactly everlasting...I need something reasonably priced but also excellent quality. Also, being only 4'11" in height, I need a small model without too big a reach. I've narrowed my options down to two bikes.
The first, £100 cheaper, doesn't tackle hills as well as the second, which could be a case in point seeing as I live in a hilly city. The second seems very similar, however - what do you guys think? The spec seems almost indentical apart from a few techinal things which I don't understand. Any input would be most valuable!
Thanks!
Pixie
Bike number one:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=165710&productId=1125517&storeId=10001
Bike number two:
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/13-intuition-lambda-womens-road-bike
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This bike vs that bike?
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Why wouldn't the less expensive one tackle hills as well as the more expensive one? Are you thinking that because the more expensive one has 20 gears instead of 16 like the less expensive one? Actually if you look at the number of teeth that the freewheel/cassette has the less expensive one has 30 teeth vs 28 for the more expensive bike, the 30 teeth makes first gear larger which means it's a bit easier to pedal up steep hills then the 28 tooth gear. Also note the number of teeth the chainset has, they're both the same thus that won't have any effect, so in this case it's the cassette gear that will affect the bike's climbing capability.
Personally for you I would get the less expensive bike due to your finances. You need to get through college living as cheaply as you can and hopefully borrow as little as you can. College loans are sucking graduates financially dry to the point they can't even afford to buy a house due to the massive college debt. Ideally you should graduate with no debt, this can be done, it may take you an extra year or maybe even two, so what? It's better spending 1 or 2 years going to college than 21 years trying to pay off the damn loan! (yes I know the loans are based on a 10 year pay off program but the average grad takes 21 years due to refinancing because the payment is too steep, but regardless 2 years is less than 10!) Most grads also find that when they get out and look for a job they can't find the huge salary they thought they were going to get to pay the loan off, buy a house, buy a car, etc etc., so now they're stuck with having to refinance the loan several times to make ends meet.
This is just some old man trying to give you some advice you probably could care less about, sorry for upsetting you about the horrors of loans.
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