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  • chance to splash out £1000…what should i get?
  • aw
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    Ok I have four bikes and Ok there is no room in the garage right now but work have re-launched C2W scheme and I can buy something shiny for £1,000 but only pay back £600 over 12 months!

    It would be rude not to 😉

    The only question is what to get?

    I have 3 MTBs and one cyclo-cross at the moment with three of these SS.

    I can only use Evans or Halfords.

    My first thought was a carbon road bike like the boardman team carbon but I am a SS at heart so the cotic road rat also appeals.

    Then I dissatisfied with my MTBs. I love my old shonky kona cindercone single speed converted bike but the chain tensioner annoys the hell out of me and it only V brakes. The kona unit 29er bike is a too small frame size (16″) and I am trying to sell it. The other one, a Klien Attitude V, is geared alu with good kit but it is unexciting and does not have the zing of steel (like the cone). I have always fancied cotic soul or Bfe or maybe a Cove Stiffee.

    So the question is darkside or even more MTBs?

    Single speed or gears?

    Alu, carbon or steel?

    I cannot make my mind up and I need to apply before May 22nd!

    Help! 🙁

    ChunkyMTB
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    Do Halfords or Evans do niche?

    djglover
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    I’ve got the same dilemma, Have all the bases covered, whyte 905, commencal meta and Lemond Darkside, so I opted for a real nice commuter: a condor fratello

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    Surfr
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    Bloody nightmare isn’t it. I’m only 4 months into paying for my current bike on Cyclescheme and already plotting the next bike. I was going to get a cross bike like the Tricross for commute/fire road duties but then I stated wondering about the world of full bounce and looked to the Pitch. All was going well until I found out that we’re getting a consumer credit licence and now I’m pondering an Orange Five Pro!

    aw
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    Apparently Halfords will source any bike they can for you…

    John_Rowlands
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    Go for a Orange 5 Pro, you wont regret it 😀 Lot of money but well worth it, see it as an investment to british engineering 😀

    aw
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    is that a HT John?

    Surfr
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    I think John was trying to convince me to go the Five Pro route. Sorry for the hijack 🙂

    aw
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    oh right no problem 🙂

    still have not made my mind up…only 11 days to go!

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