Light, low geared hybrid?

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james01
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Re: Light, low geared hybrid?

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dodgy wrote: 15 Oct 2021, 11:02am So we're looking for either a flat bar road bike or hybrid which, as we live in a hilly area (Kendal) needs to be lightish and with low gears.
Any ideas?
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 .
dodgy
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Re: Light, low geared hybrid?

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james01 wrote: 20 Oct 2021, 3:57pm
dodgy wrote: 15 Oct 2021, 11:02am So we're looking for either a flat bar road bike or hybrid which, as we live in a hilly area (Kendal) needs to be lightish and with low gears.
Any ideas?
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 .
Sounds good. What sort of price are we looking at for the new gears?
james01
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Re: Light, low geared hybrid?

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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.
wjhall
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Re: Light, low geared hybrid?

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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 .
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.

Buying what you want rather than a kit of parts to make it is usually a good principle.
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