i know some are, along with the running ive just started cycling aswell, just the commute to work and back for now (11 miles 3 times a week)

 

anyhoo's ive decided i need a better bike and ive been looking into the cycle to work scheme as shell can get it via her work, ive been to a cycle shop today who stock trek cycles and think the hybrid ds 8.4 is the one for me, its a £600 bike but can be had for £400 via the scheme

 

anyone got the trek 8 series bike or any other hybrid bike, any reccomendations into them before i decide if im gonna take the plunge?

 

thanks

 

Allan

No.

 

Always get the urge to knock em down, sorry mate !

 

Alan......

I cycle to work when the weather is nice, only thing is I ride a bmx so I probably would be much help to you.

Just started up myself after too many years out of the saddle! I purchased the Boardman MX Pro hybrid form Halfords (£600), although I didn't go this route it is available on the cycle to work scheme.

 

Superb bike, with Hydraulic disc brakes high spec gearing and unbelievably smooth ride and I'm no light weight (as I kept being reminded)Lol........My wife has just submitted her request for a Whyte on the Scheme, but at the time of choosing I was impressed By the Trek and Giants they had in store.

 

I would also recommend looking at the range form Evans Cycles, they have great choice and brands, also if there's one near you can try before you buy!

I cycle alot, to work, and cycled to Paris for a charity group.

 

well did till the carbon forks on my road bike snapped going down the road, and now i've a broken arm...lol

lol

 

My bike was s gt gtr s1 £1500, if you're serious about riding a full road bike ( not a heavy Raleigh bike) it's so much nicer, they eat the miles.

 

Gt are carrying out a full investigation into my bike, so don't be put off lol

Gt and giant have always been good value for money. Cycling is one those things you can seriously spend money on, my BMX when I built it cost nearly as much as my zed did to buy, or would have done if I hadn't been jammy and smart. My mate was a manager at a bike shop and a lot of it was imported so I didn't pay UK market value for anything, for example the frame was £390 over here I paid $300 big difference.

Really you need to work out what you need, if you simply want to ride a mile or two to work each day a hard tail mountain bike for a few hundred will be fine and allow you to do some trail riding etc. If however you want it to race or travel long distances your going to start having to look at a dedicated road bike, personally road rising is boring. So on a so forth, you just need to work out what you intended to use it for, you very much get what you pay for though. A cheap bike won't last.

Current bike is a Marin Rock Springs which cost a fortune when new. Previous bike was a Giant something - can't remember the model as it was ages ago and before that I had a GT Zaskar.

 

Really liked the Giant I had. Very robust and well made bike. My Marin is pretty good too, it was a premium model, so it should be decent. Just keep having issues with the disk brakes and the thing is currently in bits in the garage....with the Z which is also currently in bits! lol

Not since I has a crash at 13 - and lost teeth....:oops:

thanks for the input guys, i think im set on the trek, seems to get good reviews and looks a decent enough bike

 

anyone used the cycle to work scheme?

this is what i fancy

 

this is what i fancy

 

 

Sweet ride mate :thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

:lol::lol:

PMSL at Dave....:rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:...always fancied a chopper myself.

this is what i ended up with, its the hybrid trek 8.4 ds 2015, great bike and i love going for a blast out on it, hardly use my car these days, cycle to work and back as much as i can, even in the monsoon we had the other day, even my waterproofs were not waterproof that day lol