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  • 11-07-2011 12:32pm
    #1
    SM746
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭


    Hi I am going to buy a new bike under the Cycle to Work scheme. I am going to spend bang on the €1000 limit.

    All I want to know is what is the best bike I should get? I would be aiming to cover about 100miles a week and I would be competitive and want a fast bike. So what make and model should I be looking at?


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  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,141 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Canyon Roadlite 6.0
    http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=2105


  • #3
    Joeyde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭Joeyde


    You should be on commission Lumen.

    Your seriously making me want to have a spin on one at this stage.


    Have to say though, thats a whole lot of bike for 1k!


  • #4
    SM746
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭SM746


    Cheers for the post but pretty sure I have to buy it from a shop who has agreed to partake in the scheme and not from online. Perhaps you know a shop in dublin that stocks that bike? Going to be pretty strict on the €1000 limit so not going to budge on that tbh


  • #5
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,141 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    SM746 wrote: »
    Cheers for the post but pretty sure I have to buy it from a shop who has agreed to partake in the scheme and not from online. Perhaps you know a shop in dublin that stocks that bike? Going to be pretty strict on the €1000 limit so not going to budge on that tbh

    http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/BikeToWork
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056306050


  • #6
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,456 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    SM746 wrote: »
    Cheers for the post but pretty sure I have to buy it from a shop who has agreed to partake in the scheme and not from online. Perhaps you know a shop in dublin that stocks that bike? Going to be pretty strict on the €1000 limit so not going to budge on that tbh

    in that case find out the shops uyou can got to. go to shop , find out what they stock, price them, then decide

    the best value bike on the market is probably that canyon

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #7
    SM746
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭SM746


    ednwireland wrote: »
    in that case find out the shops uyou can got to. go to shop , find out what they stock, price them, then decide

    the best value bike on the market is probably that canyon

    Yeah i know the shop I am going to go to but know nothing about whats good / bad so thought i might get a pointer on here before I went away and purchased something. Yeah it looks pretty nice alright. Cheers Lumen for the above, like I said know very little when it comes to bikes and needed a small pointer


  • #8
    Peetrik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Peetrik


    A good friend of mine and my GF both were able to get roadlites on the b2w scheme. Well worth checking with your employer


  • #9
    SM746
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭SM746


    Peetrik wrote: »
    A good friend of mine and my GF both were able to get roadlites on the b2w scheme. Well worth checking with your employer

    No problems at all with the employer I can get anything up to any price I want so just want to have some discipline and keep myself below the 1000€ mark I have set. I have all the safety gear from a charity cycle I completed a few months back so its basically 1000€ on the bike as I have everything else. Out of interest how much did you pay for it?


  • #10
    Peetrik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Peetrik


    My friend paid 1050e or so for the 6.0 + delivery, my GF got the 5.0 for 900e and then spent the rest of the 1k on bottle cages, saddle bags, delivery etc


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