City bike for the wife, any bright ideas?

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City bike for the wife, any bright ideas?

15 posts & 9 voices | Started 1 year ago by Bream | Latest reply from joemarshall

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Bream - Member

Mrs Bream needs a new city bike and I'm finding it hard to pay Swedish prices for in my view, low end kitted out bikes.

She likes this, Skeppshult Natur , pic:

A quick translation of the spec reads:

Specifications Natural Bass 7-speed Ladies
Material: High Strength Steel
Gears: 7
Frame: 56 cm
Shifters: Twist
Brake rear / front: hub brake / Shimano Brim 41
Tire / Rim: 47-622 Citizen / Alu silver
Hub, rear / front: Shimano Nexus / Shimano
Ratio: 44/22
Cranks / Crank: Thun
Lights rear / front: Shimano Inter-L/Halogen/Diod
Locks: Abus
Stem: Standard
Weight: 20.4 / 21.2

And for this is will cost ~£700!!!

To me that just seems alot of cash, can anyone recommend another option?

Mrs Bream wants are, classic sit up and beg style, white (or thereabouts) in colour with brown basket/seat/grips etc, 5 or 7 speed.

Posted 1 year ago #
davidtaylforth - Member

Get and old 2nd hand shopping bike?

Posted 1 year ago #
Bream - Member

Thanks for that, just what she wants

Posted 1 year ago #
wwaswas - Member

looks about right for that price, tbh.

If it's what she wants and you've got the money why can't she have it?

Posted 1 year ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

Withthe nexus hub, hub dynamo and integrated lights an the rest of the spec thats not too out of order.

Much inferior spec but much cheaper
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=13015&f_SupersetQRY=C442&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c003155c018345

Posted 1 year ago #
mocha - Member

3 speed? - http://www.ridgeback.co.uk/bike/avenida-3-open-frame then get the shop to do a hub dynamo conversion on the front wheel?

Posted 1 year ago #
akira - Member

Charge lazy Susan. Deals on 2010 models at the moment.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bream - Member

Well, if the general STW consensus is that it's not badly priced then I'll feel much better about spending the cash

Posted 1 year ago #
paulosoxo - Member

Can you not get a Pashley for that sort of cash??

Posted 1 year ago #
wwaswas - Member

I got the charge steamer (mens version of lazy susan) from evans - £250 reduced from £500 - it's a lovely bike but it's only 3 gears and you'd need to spend a bit to get it up to the spec of the one the OP posted. It weighs 36lb out of the box so would be up with the 40lb of the OP's bike by the time you'd added baskets and lights etc.

and his wife wants the one he posted and we'd all rather ride the one we chose than a compromise?

Posted 1 year ago #
Bream - Member

That Ridgeback link was a good idea, they do a 7 speed version for just over £500, but no rear rack.

Posted 1 year ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

paulosoxo - Member

Can you not get a Pashley for that sort of cash??

aye but teh bike in the OP is a better spec than a pashley

Posted 1 year ago #
alfabus - Member

pashley princess classic can be had for about £4-500, or the sovereign (with dynamo lights) for about £100 more.

Dave

Posted 1 year ago #
Bream - Member

Pashley Sonnet Bliss looks nice, just over £600 but this feels more value than the Skeppshult.

Posted 1 year ago #
joemarshall - Member

With the lights, I would try and get LED dynamo lights put on whatever you get, rather than the old fashioned halogen ones. They are brighter, supposedly take less power out of the hub and more importantly they don't blow the bulb ever. Is about a £50 upgrade, but worth it.

Posted 1 year ago #