Types of bike

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:24pm #1

My b2w is up in January, which is only around the corner, so I need to get a new bike. I'm lucky enough to have a collection of bikes at the moment, and was thinking of getting something different. I have road bikes, TT bike, cx, mtb,, steel bikes, have had track bike, bmx bike, fixed, single speed, so what else is there out there. Budget is in or around 1000. First world problems and all that.....

Planet X · 21-08-2014 7:27pm

Big tricycle would be nice eh?

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:28pm

Planet X wrote: »

Big tricycle would be nice eh?

sure would chef.

aFlabbyPanda · 21-08-2014 7:30pm

Recumbent?

rollingscone · 21-08-2014 7:30pm

Do you live near a beach? One of those mental Surly dune bikes?

bcmf · 21-08-2014 7:31pm

Is family lenny due to expand later in the year?
If so then the obvious answer is some sort of cargo bike that a trailer/baby carrier can be towed.

thebouldwhacker · 21-08-2014 7:32pm

Touring
DH
Cargo
Well proper winter commuter
Turbo bike
Watt bike
Trike
Tandem
Wooden

Not sure you could get any of them for less than a grand. Nothing worth buying at least.

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:32pm

I was half thinking of a fat bike - the surly ones are a bit out of budget, but the on-one ones look ok.

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:34pm

Touring - have (ish - surly cross check, lash on gears and racks and sorted)
DH - i would hurt myself
Cargo - dunno if i would use it
Well proper winter commuter - have
Turbo bike - have
Watt bike - what?
Trike - no
Tandem - you'd look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle made for two
Wooden - hmmmmm

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:34pm

The_Sub wrote: »

Recumbent?

Is a recumbent even a bike?

aFlabbyPanda · 21-08-2014 7:39pm

lennymc · 21-08-2014 7:41pm

single speed fat bike. class.

bazermc · 21-08-2014 10:25pm

Penny farthing.

ROK ON · 21-08-2014 10:41pm

If you have many bikes then you should consider a road bike for special occasions- anything really really classic (ie think Taxmans stable of bikes). A bike that you would only ever really use in a scorching summers day for a pootle in the countryside

lennymc · 22-08-2014 10:23am

@ rok on - i (almost) have one of those - mid 80s colnago super with campag bits. Just need to sort out some wheels.

I was looking at fat bikes last night, and think i am going to go for one of them. They look interesting......

Alek · 22-08-2014 10:25am

Go for a fat bike and do the next CX race on it !!!

Mellow Yellow 444 · 12-09-2014 3:33pm

I have a Brompton for 9 years, it is the best toy I ever bought !! Great for Dublin city cycling, get a six speed and go a bit further afield

Alek · 12-09-2014 3:35pm

Go for a Brompton and do the next CX race on it !!!

lennymc · 12-09-2014 3:41pm

Mellow Yellow 444 wrote: »

I have a Brompton for 9 years, it is the best toy I ever bought !! Great for Dublin city cycling, get a six speed and go a bit further afield

Thanks for the suggestion, but, i just couldnt see myself using a brompton, or any folding bike. If I was going for a folding bike I would probably go for a brombpton (and race CX on it)

Buchaill_Mor · 12-09-2014 3:46pm

You are not going to get a Cargo bike for less and a grand. Most people who buy them (in particular the Longjohn type) never sell them. They are just far too practical, and with things like the Bullitt you are just as fast as on a hybrid bike, unless fully loaded.