Road bike question,i need advice on new bike purchase.

Hi,i have been offered a muddy fox blade road bike on gumtree for 130 pounds and would like to know if this is a good deal.I am a complete newbie to road biking and just want a cheap value for money bike first off.My budget is no higher than 200.cheers

It sounds a bit too cheap to be much use. Spend a bit more in a reputable place.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/muddyfox-blade-26-adult-road-bike-mens/210-8498.prd

If you mean the bike at the link above then it does not look great. I would look around for something from Trek, Giant, Specialized etc.

This on Ebay is the typr of thing I mean (remove dodgy rack)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trek-1-2-54cm-road-bike-/121136026808?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item1c344514b8

Go to decathlon, their cheepest is £300, but it’ll be a country mile ahead of that.

Go Outdoors had some reasonable bikes around that price.

that “road bike” has 26″ wheels 😕

This reviewer gave his four stars out of five, despite:

An overall cheap roadbike that does the job
Bad Points: Cheap build and parts – probably will have to make alterations
Fork came bent – had to bend back into place with hammer
handle bar wrap things keep coming off.

Leave it Maurice.

Decathlon. I wouldn’t bother with anything else when buying on a budget.