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Hi
Has any of you more experinced bike people got any opinion on the best bike to do traing and Jhon O groates to land End on for a ladie who don't ride a bike much??
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Laura, if you are real.... The best bike would be a well fitting road bike, I would advise that you go and look at the big bike shops like Evans to get some idea.
Id agree with the above but would add a flat bar rather than drops and go for a slightly forgiving tyre rather than an ultra slimline race shoe. A comfy sadddle but not too big as it will simply chaff and become counter productive.
There are some steep hills which if wet could catch a novice out.
Good on her....try a LBS as well by the way.
where are you based? someone here may be able to point you in the direction of a good LBS (Local Bike Shop)
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Your favouring a road bike, over a tourer?
Whats an LBs, by the way
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Kings Lynn, Norfolk
look at a good audax bike, only go for tourer if you're looking at self supported camping etc... i bought my dawes audax 10 years ago to do lejog and its still going strong, very comfy, fit is important when you're going to spend a long time in the saddle.
an audax bike would be more comfortable than a race bike over 900 miles. audax is a road bike designed for covering distance in relative comfort. they have slightly more forgiving position.
i know very little about this but dawes galaxy is popular, as are thorn bikes.
hope that helps
Not got to carry a thing. I shall take on board what youve said.
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galaxy is a tourer, hewitt cycles make some reasonable audax bikes, what's your budget...?
www.aukweb.net is a good resource site, plus www.ctc.org.uk for routes
Tourers are not really sexy though are they? Far better to have something with a bit of panache, a bit of oo-la-la, a bit of va-va-voom, especially if you don't have to carry anything.
Have a look at a bike from Specialized with the zertz inserts, a much comfier ride when you've a bit more give in the frame.