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Buying a road bike

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  • 21-08-2016 11:53pm
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    Mario852
    Registered Users Posts: 141 ✭✭


    I am looking to get a road bike mostly for commuting purposes. I have been seeing a lot of bike related sales going on now and I am not really sure what's a good value and what's not.

    I guess I am looking for a light (around 10kg) road bike with carbon fork. My budget is e350, but I might go over that if I find something really worth the money.
    Right not I am looking at Carrera Vanquish (sadly gone now) and Triban 500 SE (a bit over the budget). I have also checked donedeal and adverts.ie but there was nothing interesting in there, is it the case that good stuff is gone within minutes?


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    If your willing to Hang on for a few months people will be off loading bikes in the run up to 2017 and BTW schemes rolling over etc etc and you'll find a bigger selection in the classifieds. For your budget I think you'd be best buying used as you'll get a much better spec bike.


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    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    Mario, if you can get the bike on the Bike-to-Work scheme, you can effectively get a better bike for half price (depending on your tax level). https://www.cyclescheme.ie


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    Kevincavan83
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Kevincavan83


    Mario852 wrote: »
    I am looking to get a road bike mostly for commuting purposes. I have been seeing a lot of bike related sales going on now and I am not really sure what's a good value and what's not.

    I guess I am looking for a light (around 10kg) road bike with carbon fork. My budget is e350, but I might go over that if I find something really worth the money.
    Right not I am looking at Carrera Vanquish (sadly gone now) and Triban 500 SE (a bit over the budget). I have also checked donedeal and adverts.ie but there was nothing interesting in there, is it the case that good stuff is gone within minutes?

    What about bike to work scheme?
    Can you avail of that, if you have a budget of 350 before btw you could be looking at a around the 700 mark if you can get the btw


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