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8 hours ago, SpiderDee said:


Yes mate a bit of both. Mostly country roads and the odd forest track. Cheers

As @jupe1407 says , Decathlon is worth a look as you seem to get a lot of value for money there 

I'd suggest you go for a hardtail which has front suspension and offers a wee bit more comfort on some of the bumpier tracks

Heres a few maybe worth considering 

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/verenti-mesh-alivio-2016/

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/fuji-nevada-1-7-ltd-29-hardtail-bike-2016/rp-prod159991

http://www.tredz.co.uk/hybrid-bikes

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-ATX-2-27-5-Mountain-Bike-2017-Hardtail-MTB_97577.htm

I know a few are a wee bit above your budget but they're well worth it

Personally, I'd go for either the Fuji from Chain Reaction or  the Giant from Tredz

Just make sure you order the right frame size for your height 

There are lots online guides to help you with this on each of these sites

Good luck 

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Unleash The Nade said:

As @jupe1407 says , Decathlon is worth a look as you seem to get a lot of value for money there 

I'd suggest you go for a hardtail which has front suspension and offers a wee bit more comfort on some of the bumpier tracks

Heres a few maybe worth considering 

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/verenti-mesh-alivio-2016/

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/fuji-nevada-1-7-ltd-29-hardtail-bike-2016/rp-prod159991

http://www.tredz.co.uk/hybrid-bikes

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-ATX-2-27-5-Mountain-Bike-2017-Hardtail-MTB_97577.htm

I know a few are a wee bit above your budget but they're well worth it

Personally, I'd go for either the Fuji from Chain Reaction or  the Giant from Tredz

Just make sure you order the right frame size for your height 

There are lots online guides to help you with this on each of these sites

Good luck 

 

 

 

 

Awesome man - thank you very much !

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Outside on my bike on Saturday morning for the first time since September. Only 30km or so but went up the hills on some of the forest tracks so gave my legs a fair work out. Hoping the weather stays decent from here on and I can get out most weekends for the next 5 or 6 months.

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Loch Ness Etape today for my first Road cycling event of any sort. The weather turned out better than expected though I was absolutely seething when the wind changed direction giving me approx 50 miles of headwind [emoji38]

I was hoping for 4.5 hours and hit almost exactly that, averaging 14.6 mph.

A couple of really bad crashes at the 20 mile mark though, hopefully both OK.

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2 hours ago, jupe1407 said:

Loch Ness Etape today for my first Road cycling event of any sort. The weather turned out better than expected though I was absolutely seething when the wind changed direction giving me approx 50 miles of headwind emoji38.png

I was hoping for 4.5 hours and hit almost exactly that, averaging 14.6 mph.

A couple of really bad crashes at the 20 mile mark though, hopefully both OK.

It's a great event and I'm absolutely gutted I've missed it this year as I knew I was going to be stuck in Oxford this month when the website for places opened. Maybe I'll be able to do it next year but I think I'll have a go at PoppyScotland though.

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It's a great event and I'm absolutely gutted I've missed it this year as I knew I was going to be stuck in Oxford this month when the website for places opened. Maybe I'll be able to do it next year but I think I'll have a go at PoppyScotland though.


They've already opened ELN for interested folk for 2018
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Loch Ness Etape today for my first Road cycling event of any sort. The weather turned out better than expected though I was absolutely seething when the wind changed direction giving me approx 50 miles of headwind [emoji38]

I was hoping for 4.5 hours and hit almost exactly that, averaging 14.6 mph.

A couple of really bad crashes at the 20 mile mark though, hopefully both OK.


I really enjoyed it. First time on a new bike though, and the first time I've cycled since last September. Apparently by the time the back of the pack got past Drum there were accidents all over the place.
The 2 you're talking about looked awful. I'm not into the road cycling thing by in large, certainly not in groups of more than 2, it's terrifying the speed that some people go at while 3 inches from the person in front/to the side.

I'm not telling you my time though :-D I'm happy enough with it but I was a bit slower than you.
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I really enjoyed it. First time on a new bike though, and the first time I've cycled since last September. Apparently by the time the back of the pack got past Drum there were accidents all over the place.
The 2 you're talking about looked awful. I'm not into the road cycling thing by in large, certainly not in groups of more than 2, it's terrifying the speed that some people go at while 3 inches from the person in front/to the side.

I'm not telling you my time though :-D I'm happy enough with it but I was a bit slower than you.


The first one was speaking to the paramedic when we passed, the second one looked bad, blood all over the road. Probably a wheel clip, it was a pretty fast descent section
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Good to hear you guys enjoyed the ELN. I'm doing the Etape Caledonia in a few weeks - any one else here doing it?

Also, got my velodrome accreditation today at the 4th session. Won 2 out of 3 races as well. 8)

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I shat out of the Etape today. I dislocated a finger playing football last week and it's still really painful. There was no way I'd be able to do 66 miles of braking/changing gears... the sensible thing to do was withdraw. Absolutely gutted :(

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I shat out of the Etape today. I dislocated a finger playing football last week and it's still really painful. There was no way I'd be able to do 66 miles of braking/changing gears... the sensible thing to do was withdraw. Absolutely gutted [emoji20]


You missed 50 miles of headwind [emoji38]

And also glorious Harry Gows doughnuts at the end.
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On 3/31/2017 at 08:24, Tynieness said:

Apologies if this has been covered before.

Does anyone know roughly how much it would be to change me Presta valves to Schrader for a hybrid.

Would I need to buy new wheels.

I find the Prestas really fiddly when trying to blow them up especially when by the side of a road on a cold day. Yup I'm a fat fingered clutz.

Any help greatly appreciated.

In the end I got the valves changed for twenty quid as I am far to useless to drill them myself.  Much happier with them and I have been doing a fair amount of cycling the last couple of weeks.

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