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http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_comp.html
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bikes/model/rapid.4/4866/38976/
for use of all year commuting and some long distance training
around the £500 budget
dont neeed to worry about the halfords rep as i will be building it myself.
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Depends on whether you particularly want discs and a commuter you can train on or a trainer you can commute on. Looks like the Boardman might be closer to an MTB with 700c wheels than a flat-barred road bike while the Giant is a bit more roadie.
So if it'd mainly be commuting I'd be tempted by the Boardman probably, except that you can't (easily) fit proper mudguards which would rule it out for me.
Helpful eh?
not worried about gaurds im happy with getting dirty as for panniers it will be a post mount so mounts not nessesery
how do road callipers fair up in the wet on long rides compaierd to discs
commute is 30mile round trip probably commute 2/5 days and on road/cycle path for hour after work when not comuting
any advice on the road callipers.
I've got a boardman hybrid team from a few years back - absolutely brill for commuting. I'd actually say it's nearer a roadie with flat bars, than a MTB. Also, my 08 has proper guard and pannier mounts, so unless they've radically changed their view on this, I'm sure this year's will too?
Personally, I really rate the discs for commuting as you do get covered in road grime an awful lot - I'm sure rim brakes would also work OK, but you gotta love discs....
DrP
I have this yrs Boardman Comp & i love it 🙂
It is really a flat barred road bike rather than a mtb with 700c wheels.
Lovely to ride, quick handling (compared to a mtb) and responsive for a relatively cheap bike. I swapped the avid BB5 mech brakes for some Hope Mini's i had in the shed & much prefer them.
I've recently ridden the CTC on it in one day & still felt fairly human after 135 miles & 9'300+ft of climbing.
Smiles per miles quotient is high although the lack of mudguard space is a pain.
tbh thats whats really swinging it as i no avid brakes are great but il put those on mums rockhopper in trade for the juicy3s for a closed system with lower maintenance.
You won't regret buying one that's for sure (IMHO).
Get a test ride if you can though, the top tube is reckoned to be a little long for some although i'm 5'2" & the small is just right for me in that respect (bit close to the old testes tho!)
im about 58 so prob looking at a med will have to go hassle some halfords ppl for a test ride shame i have to buy from them but will build it myself.
Hi rp16v - weirdly I am now in exactly the same position as you were - deciding between the same bikes! albeit this year's models. Which one did you go for and are you happy with your purchase?
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Rob