Seen enough of people looking down on anything below a few thousand. Oh no my bike weighs a kg extra. So what, I can still cycle along the same coastal path as you at a slightly lower speed. I don’t care how long it takes.
More variable but some cheaper bikes are more durable too, usually when the expensive one is as light as possible it is sacrificing durability to do it. But that does depend on what is being called cheaper too, as it seems like £80-800 is all considered cheap to these people.
That little difference becomes very important in road cycling… I personally always recommend used road bikes. New, you have to spend many thousands. But I’ve seen superb used options (e.g. carbonfiber, ultegra or nowadays even 105, decent wheels and handlebars) for under 1000€.
One will have to spend a little extra to replace a couple parts, but it’s still a fraction of the new cost. My first good road bike was third hand and I was cycling competitively.
A bike just for weight loss or something similar can be cheaper, of coarse. But serious road cycling is often trickier, you’ll want carbon fiber at least. YMMV though
A bike just for weight loss or something similar can be cheaper, of course.
Dan John, a prominent figure in the strength and conditioning community, once argued that the best bike for weight loss was a cheap, steel framed, single-speed beach cruiser, especially if you lived in a hilly area.
Seen enough of people looking down on anything below a few thousand. Oh no my bike weighs a kg extra. So what, I can still cycle along the same coastal path as you at a slightly lower speed. I don’t care how long it takes.
More variable but some cheaper bikes are more durable too, usually when the expensive one is as light as possible it is sacrificing durability to do it. But that does depend on what is being called cheaper too, as it seems like £80-800 is all considered cheap to these people.
That little difference becomes very important in road cycling… I personally always recommend used road bikes. New, you have to spend many thousands. But I’ve seen superb used options (e.g. carbonfiber, ultegra or nowadays even 105, decent wheels and handlebars) for under 1000€.
One will have to spend a little extra to replace a couple parts, but it’s still a fraction of the new cost. My first good road bike was third hand and I was cycling competitively.
A bike just for weight loss or something similar can be cheaper, of coarse. But serious road cycling is often trickier, you’ll want carbon fiber at least. YMMV though
Dan John, a prominent figure in the strength and conditioning community, once argued that the best bike for weight loss was a cheap, steel framed, single-speed beach cruiser, especially if you lived in a hilly area.
No you don’t.