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Evilmags

Mountain bike shorts look a lot better. I only go full lycra if I'm doing more than 40 kms.

Travisthedog

Evilmags;493946" said:

Mountain bike shorts look a lot better. I only go full lycra if I'm doing more than 40 kms.

I wear my Lycra UNDER my MTB shorts - best of both worlds!!

Off up to the bike shop to look at options now

If anyone wants a virtually unridden Cannondale SL5 XL frame or an xXL Specialized Allez Sport road bike with about 3000 miles on the clock let me know !!

equalsql

I don't see the problem with wearing Lycra..

equalsql

Actually this looks a bit of a bargain if you're after a hybrid.

Sambostar

I still love my 29er Mountain bike I got.  It goes like a rocket.  Has a large frame which fits me and I could fit smoother tyres if I wanted to.  Only complaint would be that the ring gears on the crank are a bit small, so your top speed is limited and the larger wheels give you less control at slow speeds.  Unless you are doing serious trail stuff, I think all the ring gears could be stepped up a few teeth and the smallest one I never use, even on a steep slope.  I guess it is there to get you out of trouble doing 0mph over a log though. 

Great bike though and slightly out of fashion now I think for the stability/high centre of gravity reason and also the fact that it is harder to lift the front wheel up.  But 29er's should make excellent hybrid bikes I would imagine with a bit of modification.

Evilmags

MTB s are heavy for road use though. Hybrid designs are a lot quicker.

Travisthedog

I went to the bike shop today and ordered a Cannondale Quick CX2

It's fooking lovely

Sambostar

Evilmags said:

MTB s are heavy for road use though. Hybrid designs are a lot quicker.

Kind of relative with age.  My MTB is about a quarter the weight of my old hybrid.

Evilmags

My road bikes about 6.5 kgs. A decent hybrid should be about 9.

Sambostar

I must be behind the times.  My MTB is a large frame and about 13kg and I can pick it up with my little finger.  My slim frame hybrid is about 18kg. It was £180 new in 1989 though.

Evilmags

I took advantage of Spain 's collapsing economy and got a Works bike for three grand in a bankruptcy sale. Orbea, as used by Euskatel, about third of what it should cost.

A Barcelona business here gets all the really cheap stuff. It's called fabregas, like the footballer, and ships. Cheap as fuck compared to Uk, but you need to watch the site.

jonnyburgo

Kona cross bike my bro in laws got one, excellent machine it is