advice on fast hybrid or cx please.

posting this for a guy while we are at work,he comes into work everyday on a very nice TITANIUM VAN NICHOLAS MAMTOR ,he would like to keep that just for mtb days/nights etc.he would like to no if there are any nice fast hybrid or cx type bikes for around the £600 mark,but does not like the cx type drop bars,any of you guys ride such a bike?rigid forks v brakes ,nice light but fast,must have gears.he got his eye on this cube below,but not seen anything else yet,help please thank you.

http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/product/cubeslcrosshybridroadbike2012.aspx?&id=17435

Boardman sports hybrid.

I have the basic model that i paid £500 for and it’s great. I replaced the cable discs with some Hope mini’s i had knocking around in the shed but apart from that i’ve not changed a thing. I can average around 17-18mph on it so it’s not too lardy, and i’ve ridden the C2C in a day on it so it’s pretty comfy.

I can do 100 milers on it without it crippling me. Nice bike, decent for the money and has surprised me with how much fun it is to ride on the roads – i hate drop bars as well.

Boardman Hybrid?:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_777843_langId_-1_categoryId_165534

EDIT: Beaten to it 🙂

Personally I’d go for something with a carbon fork to take some of the road buzz/vibration out. I have something similar to that Cube with an Alu fork and it tends to be a bit wearing on the hands and wrists. Giant do a nice one around that price range.

can you put cx tyers on the boardman or is there not enough gap to take them?

andrewj what model giant please thanks guys

Giant Escape[/url]

I would have thought you’d get CX tyres on there, I have on mine.

Have a poke in your local Halfords and see if they have any of the stupidly cheap Voodoo Limba CX bikes… It’s a stock clearance so won’t appear on websites etc, just a case of having a look in stores. But won’t be beat at £400, I think.

ok will take a look thanks

Giant Rapid – like this http://www.ashcycles.com/site/giant-rapid-2-2011?zenid=45e279ea067bec4cf3d894cf0529bd39