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Currently helping a female friend look for a city bike.
1. Other than decathalon, Evans, and Cycle Surgery are there any other obvious shops? (Budget around the £350 mark, but could probably go up a bit.)
2. Size wise, I know trying a bike out is the key, but at 5,4" I guess it's on the boarder between xs and s?
3. anyone spotted any deals?
4. Given how shit otp tyres are, does anyone have a suggestion for a nice puncture resistant city tyre? She like the idea of some slight off road so I was trying to find a tyre my OH used to have which was slick in the middle, but then with slight tred on the edges.
Cheers.

This is looking like the winner atm: https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/cube-womens-sl-road-2018-Q3214261.html?colour=3609 / https://www.cube.eu/cz/2018/bikes/road/road-cyclocross/sl-road/cube-sl-road-blacknblue-2018-trapeze/
Claris, colour, discs (not that there a must).

(side rant - why are hybrids always so over-geared?!)

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Howard in reply to @hugo7

Other than decathalon, Evans, and Cycle Surgery are there any other obvious shops? (Budget around the £350 mark, but could probably go up a bit.)

GoOutdoors maybe?

(checks out hybrids and pukes)

Given how shit otp tyres are, does anyone have a suggestion for a nice puncture resistant city tyre? She like the idea of some slight off road so I was trying to find a tyre my OH used to have which was slick in the middle, but then with slight tred on the edges.

Nothing that isn't going to end costing 1/5 the price of a £300 OTP...maybe clement x-plor or GravelKings?
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aggi in reply to @hugo7

Cycle Republic (Halfords chain of bike shops) have stuff that meets the criteria.

I like the Marathon Supreme as a puncture resistant city tyre but it won't be great for offroad (although fine for tow paths, dry paths and the like so I'd check what they mean by slight off-road).

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