Doing lots of cycling on and off road but using a heavy Halfords bike that’s past it’s best and looking to upgrade, where’s the  best deals for bikes and what should I be looking for to replace it?  

Edited April 7, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

Can someone chuck this somewhere more relevant. Cheers. 

Go a proper independent bike shop who will advice you on what you need and not Halfrauds who will sell you some shite.

If you are looking for a road bike I can recommend Specialized but make sure what they sell you is the right size and fit. A correctly fitted bike will make your cycling so much more fun.

Buy a bike at Charnock Richard

21 minutes ago, Traf said:

Buy a bike at Charnock Richard

I’m gonna give them a try being local. There’s also a company local called Merlin bikes anyone know about them? 

Think cycle to work scheme is still in place

Save you a fair bit if your employer can be arsed

On 07/04/2020 at 21:53, Casino said:

Think cycle to work scheme is still in place

Save you a fair bit if your employer can be arsed

Cheers Casino, I’ll look into that. 

before tax the bike to work scheme ain't it?

2 hours ago, L/H White said:

before tax the bike to work scheme ain't it?

£96 off a £400 bike, just registered our business for the scheme, I’ll take it from there. 

cant grumble at that pal

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

cant grumble at that pal

unless he doesn't actually use it for work, when he goes back 😉

Ended up buying an £800 bike plus £100 Of accessories will cost me £40 a month for 12 month because of the bike scheme. 

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Ended up buying an £800 bike plus £100 Of accessories will cost me £40 a month for 12 month because of the bike scheme. 

You know you don’t own it at the end pal yes? 

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

You know you don’t own it at the end pal yes? 

Don’t worry, I run the scheme for my company. It’ll be mine alright. 😂

£800 fucking bike 

Jesus 

2 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

£800 fucking bike 

Jesus 

It’s what a half decent one cost these days. There were bikes in there over 3k.

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

2 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

£800 fucking bike 

Jesus 

I'm no cyclist but i believe that's cheap

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

It’s what a half decent one cost these days. There were bikes in there over 3k.

I’m clearly out of touch 

seems you did ok on the scheme thing 

don’t go all Lycra mounts😀

2 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

I’m clearly out of touch 

seems you did ok on the scheme thing 

don’t go all Lycra mounts😀

No, I’ve some Lycra shorts with the ball bag protector, checked out the full length job that’s like leotard, £100 so fucked that off. Looked at a magnetic bottle carrier and bottle it was £30 so that was also fucked off. 

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

As an aside was struggling with the old push iron to do 15 mile, did 25 mile with the new one today, knackered now though. As I set off saw birch pushing the pram, suited him and he was still talking teabags. 😂

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

9 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

I'm no cyclist but i believe that's cheap

Just had a look as was intrigued 

expensive kit some of them 

suppose if you utilise well it keeps you fit 

1 minute ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Just had a look as was intrigued 

expensive kit some of them 

suppose if you utilise well it keeps you fit 

You can pay £10k for a bike, easy

5 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Just had a look as was intrigued 

expensive kit some of them 

suppose if you utilise well it keeps you fit 

For me it’s vital I’m struggling to walk more than 2 miles as I’m waiting for hip op, cycling 20 miles plus gives me less pain and eats the calories. 

Edited April 22, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

2 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

For me it’s vital I’m struggling to walk more than 2 miles as I’m waiting for hip op, cycling 20 miles plus gives me less pain and eats the calories. 

Have a look at these Mounts few exercises to strengthen your hip muscles before your Op

On 07/04/2020 at 21:18, Traf said:

Buy a bike at Charnock Richard

Buy a bike, buy a bike. Get down to Charnock Richard cycles. 

Advert on Rock FM incessantly at a point in the early to mid nineties. 

First thing that entered my head when I saw th thread title.

Bravo Sir

1 minute ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Have a look at these Mounts few exercises to strengthen your hip muscles before your Op

Cheers Rudy, i will do these in prep for op, was due March 19th but virus put pay to that.