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Wow lots of replies. All very helpful. Thank you ladies and gents if I made you happy or you enjoyed this thread :D
I'm scrolling up to reply to each one so it may come out quite confusing. Sorry for that!.
@ clefty Thanks clefty for introducing CM to me, I would love to go on a ride at a pace I can keep up. I'm useless with directions and atleast I won't have to worry about getting elft behind and lost. I'll check on google maps how far it is :)
@ tommy Yeah I found that site Tommy, I planned to go last time but my bike didn't get much use so I passed. Now my chain or sounds funny, my front whell has a sort of squeeking noise and changing gear is quite a loud clunk (sp)
I have my 6 week halfords check up on wednesday. I bought the bike on the 22nd of november and was told the 1st of Feb is the earliest date. I called again today because my suspension lock broke from that fall and the manager said no warranty because I missed my 6 week free check up. I made a fuss that one of your staff members told me the 1st of february and that is the date in my diary. He then said wednesday so I'm happy, but I will likely have to pay for the part.
I'm looking forward to learning how to do all the maintenence indeed. I love being able to do practical things and helping people :)
I shall get advice from them about these bikes. Nothing quite like talking face to face :)
@ matty. I'm looking into getting secondhand really. I do have 500 quid, but it is also a lot of money for me and It would be wise for me to not spend that much because my moutain bike total is about the same and I just wouldn't be able to justify spending a grand in total. Perhaps in the summer I hope!
My boss recently bought a felt z100 from my sisters boyfriends uncles pawn shop sucks in air lol. It's a road bike with gears but It was so lovely to ride and light. This has sort of made me jealous and I do want a faster road bike indeed.
Oh and not patronising at all mate. I did pump my tyres in the morning and bought a pump from halford with a gauge. I had to use it 2 week ago on sunday in the dark and luckily i bought a puncture kit the day before lol.
@edmundro, what sort of frame etc did you use please. I'd like to have an idea on what I could maybe start off with. Thanks buddy. Why did they last 8 and 9 months aswell please.
@chayser, Glad you got to have your new bike after 6 mnoths of ahrd work buddy. Thumbs up for that :D New is out of reach for me ATM, but I understand that buying new has lots of benefits in terms of lasting. I wouldn't really trust a second hand bike without asking anyone on here now. You guys have a lot of knowledge and this forum is a great source for info and there are quite a few funny people too! lol
One thing that made me think was the expense of tyres etc. How many miles do they last? I did a wikipedia search and was amazed at the skidding. Pretty cool but costly.
@scraggie borsha I would love to have a bike that would last 50 years hehe. I bet the lighter materials in bikes increase the price up quite abit so it will have to be solid steel!
@edric64, yes the guy on the BMX found it very hard indeed. He slwoed us down quiter abit, but on the way back I swapped with him because he was walking and clearly fidning it hard. He also didn;t ride his bike for 3 years where as I have been riding since the 22nd of November. It was very hard work for me and we were going down hill toward Stoke Newignton, so he must have had a hard time and been exhausted by night lol.
Apologies for spelling and especially if I typed your names wrong.