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The bike to work scheme is open for enrolment and has a 4 yr period to bring the final payment back to a sensible minimal figure.
Dithering about a rigid 29 er, but not sure it would do much more than my Jake the Snake.
So for those that ride both, does the MTB offer much extra ?
Main MTB is/will be a Soul so the other one would be used pootling with the kids when on hold/family rides.
Have a Major Jake and a Gryphon. Jake for forest road and road type stuff and the Gryphon for mostly everything else.
They're completely different.
A 29er, is just like a 26" MTB with slightly bigger wheels.
A cx bike is a road bike with very slightly fatter tyres and a bit more mud clearance.
You'd ride a rigid 29er down anything you'd ride the Soul down, just maybe slightly slower and picking your line more carefully.
hmmmmm. ponders....what sub £1K rigid 29 er for a short legged (30.5) 5ft 10 old git ?
...that I can get on cyclescheme
Yep, what miketually says. My rigid 29er MTB is far more capable off road than my CX bike, unsurprisingly.
hmmmmm. ponders....what sub £1K rigid 29 er for a short legged (30.5) 5ft 10 old git ?
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOSC29X5/on_one_scandal_trail_29er_mountain_bike and sell the forks to pay for some rigid ones.
. . . sell the forks to pay for some rigid ones.
Are you allowed to do that given that it's not technically yours on the C2W scheme?
Don't see why not. If the forks broke, the employer wouldn't expect the employee to replace like-for-like.
A bigger problem is "the other one would be used pootling with the kids when on hold/family rides" doesn't mention riding it to work 🙂
If the forks broke, the employer wouldn't expect the employee to replace like-for-like.
Given they're the employer's forks, why not? Or at least like for very similar.
I just bought this for fire road / forest singletrack commuting. Perfect.
[url= http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain/fortitude/fortitude-singlespeed ]Genesis Fortitude SS[/url]
Given they're the employer's forks, why not? Or at least like for very similar.
Given they're the employer's forks, why should you replace them and not your employer? It's your bike. It's only technically a lease scheme to avoid issues around consumer credit law.
My employer didn't care what I did to my first C2W bike bought 4 years ago and they don't care what I do with the one I bought this month.