Which bike would be a better buy?

[Atesz]

https://www.evanscycles.com/brand/canno ... e=93134603

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/riverside ... mc=8577821

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/gian ... 1471529063

Which one would be the better option? I would go out around 3-4 days a week. Deliveroo job.

[al_yrpal]

Well, you definately wouldnt want knobbly tyres! Why use a bike thats going to require about twice the effort to pedal?
And, no mudguards - do you fancy getting soaked when it rains with a nice soaking wet stripe up your back?
Put a Dutch bike lock on so you can leave the bike fairly securely when you are delivering to the third floor in a block of flats - just seconds to lock and unlock...

Other than that, any of them...

Al

[PH]

I wouldn't use a low step frame or a dented aluminium one, so of those three it only leaves the Decathlon.
Really, unless you're going electric, any hybrid type bike will do fine. I used a Pinnacle Lithium 1 for a years delivering, it was fine. I went on to use better bikes, but it doesn't make much difference, then electric which does.
Budget for a decent rack and a way to carry groceries, they're a growing proportion of drops and some of them are too heavy for a backpack. I'll second what Al says about tyres, guards and locks, I use a frame lock and a chain, it's easier to find somewhere to use a chain than a D lock.
Good luck

[Atesz]

Well, you definately wouldnt want knobbly tyres! Why use a bike thats going to require about twice the effort to pedal?
And, no mudguards - do you fancy getting soaked when it rains with a nice soaking wet stripe up your back?
Put a Dutch bike lock on so you can leave the bike fairly securely when you are delivering to the third floor in a block of flats - just seconds to lock and unlock..

Other than that, any of them...

Al

What do you mean by knobbly tires? You mean one of them is like that?

[Mick F]

The Giant.
Very inefficient tyres for delivery work.

Mudguards would be nice. You wouldn't want to get wet and manky doing deliveries.

[PH]

The other thing is - Buy whatever you can get today.
There's some money to be made between now and when the schools go back, followed by the quietest weeks of the year. If you miss this week, you've lost the cost of a decent bike. I don't find it worth bothering much Jan and Feb, just doing a couple of weekend evenings a week.

[Bmblbzzz]

I wouldn't use a dented aluminium one,

I wouldn't be bothered about the dent itself so much as the possible provenance of the dent, ie theft.

[cycle tramp]

I wouldn't use a low step frame or a dented aluminium one, so of those three it only leaves the Decathlon.
Really, unless you're going electric, any hybrid type bike will do fine. I used a Pinnacle Lithium 1 for a years delivering, it was fine. I went on to use better bikes, but it doesn't make much difference, then electric which does.
Good luck

Ah, that's interesting, because personally I would go for thr one with the lower step frame - if only because I'd envisage getting off and on the damned thing, in order to pick up snd drop of tge deliveries.

[Atesz]

The Giant.
Very inefficient tyres for delivery work.

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Mudguards would be nice. You wouldn't want to get wet and manky doing deliveries.

You mean those type of wheels are not good for doing delivery?

[Pinhead]

Do people deliver on non electric bikes ?

[gregoryoftours]

The Giant.
Very inefficient tyres for delivery work.

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Mudguards would be nice. You wouldn't want to get wet and manky doing deliveries.

You mean those type of wheels are not good for doing delivery?

It's not the wheels, it's the tread pattern on the tyres. They are knobbly. Not efficient for road. Like driving a tractor tyre on the road is less efficient than a regular road tyre.

[Mick F]

Do people deliver on non electric bikes ?

If you go to Plymouth, and see the Deliveroo chaps and other delivery riders, they use electric bikes, and they must be modified (illegally) to go without turning a crank. Uphill? No problem!

[PH]

Do people deliver on non electric bikes ?

Yes, quite a few. It's the cheapest way to get started, if it suits the rider they can make enough money to buy an electric bike. Though quite a few go from bike to motor scooter.
To an extent it depends where you live, in Derby it would be possible to only take the jobs that follow the valley, you wouldn't have that option is Sheffield.

[PH]

Ah, that's interesting, because personally I would go for thr one with the lower step frame

That would be an advantage, but those low step frames tend to flex a fair bit, even before you've loaded them up. There are some step through cargo bikes, but they're considerably beefier than a typical hybrid.

[gbnz]

That would be an advantage, but those low step frames tend to flex a fair bit,.

The low step frame "flexing", would be my immediate concern. Of the three, I'd choose the Decathlon. Though whilst I've never had to do delivery, would be looking for something a bit different, if time was available. Ideally 2nd hand, to minimise purchase & loss values