Colin
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I'm going to do a 280 mile charity bike ride in the summer & need some new wheels.
Would rather get something decent & can get one through the cycle to work scheme.
What would you bike people suggest? Hybrid or a mountain bike with some road tyres better?
Got my eye on a Kona Kula 2011 model. Think it works out at £43 a month for a year with the CTWS, which is less than half rrp.
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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Cycle to work? You work on rigs!! Lol.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Ive still got to get to the heliport  
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
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Is it all on roads?
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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if its a 280mile ride on the roads then i wouldn't be doing it on a mountain bike mate.
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PhilC
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Lancs, UK
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Check out an Orange G4 S.
I got the slightly more basic G3 with some Maxxis Wormdrive tyres. Rolls pretty well on tarmac and spec'd well enough to cope with muddy stuff.
Kona's are pretty solid also.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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I've got the 2009 version of this
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/allez-sport-27-2011-road-bike-ec025028
It's a good fast bike but not sure I'd want to do 280 miles on it, it's not the most comfortable thing going 
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Xs
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Registered: 12th Apr 02
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I'd just look gumtree for a second hand road bike tbh.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Nearly went with an inappropriate joke 
Any bike with good geometry and road tyres will be ideal for the ride.
Go with a bike you'll use after and buy some simple components to make the 280 mile better.
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Ian W
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Thats some ride.
Do you ride a bike much now?
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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id look at a road bike for that distance
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Jamie Walby
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Registered: 15th Nov 04
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I see your 280 miles and I raise you my 900 miles!
If its all on road, road bike all day long brother. My mate works in a bike shop down here and gave me a Giant TCR frame and built me a pretty nice bike. Got some carbon bits on it and its fast
To be fair I know nothing about bikes, whats good etc. He just tells me what I need, I buy it then ride it
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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Does shell do the cycle to work scheme? Iv just bought a boardman comp mountain bike from halfords, 20% off. looks like you would be better with a road bike for the 280 miles but what will you get more use out of afterwards?
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
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I've been toying with the idea of getting myself this for when I do the Coast to Coast
Bianchi Camaleonte 2 2011 Hybrid
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Its coast to coast i'll be doing, 70 miles a day.
I've hardly rode a bike in 10yrs, got a few months to get some training in starting now!! 
Just not sure what bike to get.
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
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70 miles a day is not gonna be easy mate. Your gonna need every advantage you can get so I'd say road bike all the way.
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Mad Moe
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Its coast to coast i'll be doing, 70 miles a day.
I've hardly rode a bike in 10yrs, got a few months to get some training in starting now!!
Just not sure what bike to get.
I done my first coast to coast on a Mountain Bike last year and really wouldn't recommend it, hence the looking at hybrids for this year. I would have maybe considered a road bike but I rode a mates hybrid for about 50 miles last year and absolutely loved it, kind of best of both world from my point of view.
Good luck with the training, I hadn't been on a bike in a long time, didn't put nearly enough effort into it and was pretty much on my death bed by the end of it, not that I'm trying to put you off
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Get a Boardman.
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deano87
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Some kind of hybrid would be best. An out'n'out rode bike will do your back in if you're not used to it.
Go to a quality bike shop for some proper advice. Not Halfords.
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
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I agree with Deano for getting some proper advice. Somewhere like Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative would be a good start.
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Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
if its a 280mile ride on the roads then i wouldn't be doing it on a mountain bike mate.
FACT.
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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my mates doing john o groats to lands end this year, im one of his main sponsors 
cant remember what bike hes getting though so no help, sorry
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Show me some smart hybrids then
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/cube-curve-gents-item163951.html
This is the new version of the hybrid bike I have. Great bike, perfect for me where most of my riding is road to work and back but can also handle towpaths fine at the weekend
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Some kind of hybrid would be best. An out'n'out rode bike will do your back in if you're not used to it.
Ditto, if you are going to do some serious road riding get a Hybrid or a road-bike, it will make your life so much easier! If you arent going to actually use it for riding to work and just for knobing about on weekends get your Kona 
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