Only just getting into this cycling thing so my knowledge is pretty poor so thought I would ask some advice.
Gonna be selling my wifes car and buying a bike with some of the money. It will be a bit of a compramise, I would like to get a racer for me to use but she will be using the same bike (we are the same height) to ride to work on occasion (only about 1 mile) and probably on family bike rides (I'll be carrying the kid on the other bike) trips to the shops etc especially when I have gone away in the van so she has no other transport...
I think we will have to get a hybrid type thing.
Now I know the guys at J E James are a bit of a cock but poped in as I was passing and had a look at this:
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/giant-escape-m-zero-gents-city-bike-id42909.htmlI would prefer to go slightly more roadie but this does seem quite a good deal. I think it is unlikely I will get to spend more than around 500 in total and we need panniers and bags and mud guards for the commute (and a helmet for Kath)
Would it be better to get something without disk brakes as we would get a better/lighter frame and bike - it is going to be used mostly on roads/ old railway lines around the peak but no real off roading.
I would be prepared to get something second hand but as I said I know pretty much FA and am also a dwarf.
cheers