SpeedoJoe

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• Best alternative SS/fixie to the Carrera Subway Zero

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 11 months

  

  Next week I plan on buying a single speed, but which one I am yet to decide. My budget's £350.

  Carrera Subway Zero
  http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_product

  Id_551205langId-1_categoryId_165534

  Charge Plug Freestyler 2010
  http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-plug-freestyler-2010/

  Charge Plug Grinder 2010
  http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-plug-grinder-2010/

  Revolution Courier S1NGLE '10
  http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?

  f_ProductID=12413&f_SupersetQRY=C416&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c012372c012370

  SE Draft Lite 2010 (if I can get it in something else besides pink)
  http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?

  ModelID=56048&PartnerID=2812&awc=2698_1295569489_c2a55c922b571b3309ad5379682d95c3

  Vitus Bikes 2011 Vee-1
  http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=49192

  Stout 29er (if I can get it in something else besides pink and from the UK)
  http://www.sebikes.com/stout29er.php

  Have I missed any?

  what's important to me is that it's light, low maintenance and reliable/dependable, the latter

  probably being the most important. What are the above bikes like with regards to my

  requirements? I've heard the Subway Zero will need some extra attention every so often and

  Plugs are relatively heavy. Is there any truth behind that?

  Sometimes I commute to work on bike but never in the winter. The last mile or so is actually

  quite a bumpy trail. As well as my commute I'd also like to start cycling to the gym which is

  entirely on-road but can't rule out the possibility of cycling off-road when it takes my

  interest (excluding the local parks which are mostly just untarmaced tracks with the odd tree

  root).

  For frame size I'm 5 9". Should I stick to a frame less than 20"? Maybe an 18"?