This sounds just like the bike-hunt we had a few years ago for my wife. In fact we gave up trying to find a bike with sufficiently low gears, bought a new Ridgeback Velocity hybrid (aluminium frame, chromoly fork) and fitted new gears (a cheap 44.32.22. triple chainset and 12:34 cassette) . It's been a great success, she can comfortably spin up the local 1 in 5's .
Light, low geared hybrid?
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Sounds good. What sort of price are we looking at for the new gears?james01 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 3:57pmThis sounds just like the bike-hunt we had a few years ago for my wife. In fact we gave up trying to find a bike with sufficiently low gears, bought a new Ridgeback Velocity hybrid (aluminium frame, chromoly fork) and fitted new gears (a cheap 44.32.22. triple chainset and 12:34 cassette) . It's been a great success, she can comfortably spin up the local 1 in 5's .
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Suitable chainsets are around £30. Cassettes seem to have doubled in price recently to around £20, thanks to a combination of Brexit and Covid problems.
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To which it is worth adding that if you are buying new but wish something non-standard, from different tyres or saddles up to mechanism changes, it is worth asking the shop to quote for supplying the bike with the modifications done.wrote:
This sounds just like the bike-hunt we had a few years ago for my wife. In fact we gave up trying to find a bike with sufficiently low gears, bought a new Ridgeback Velocity hybrid (aluminium frame, chromoly fork) and fitted new gears (a cheap 44.32.22. triple chainset and 12:34 cassette) . It's been a great success, she can comfortably spin up the local 1 in 5's .
Buying what you want rather than a kit of parts to make it is usually a good principle.