ladies bikes
Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 7:07pm
Can anyone recommend a ladies bike in the £200-£300 price range. Needs to be step through style with chainguard and mudguards.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 7:35pm
A Dutch Bike
Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 8:59pm
I've got a Specialized Globe Sport. Ticks all those boxes.
Jan
Jan
Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 9:33pm
ladies' bike
Posted: 14 Feb 2009, 11:35am
Something the right size. If needed for shopping trips/ carrying children (sorry, not trying to patronise here) then various frame-lugs are useful.
Go for the most up-to-date type of brakes you can find. This will future-proof your purchase. Also, buy some sort/s of security feature as most cycle insurance policies depreciate the value of bikes fairly quickly.
The part of the bike likely to wear out quickest is the saddle.
Kind regards, Punk_shore
Go for the most up-to-date type of brakes you can find. This will future-proof your purchase. Also, buy some sort/s of security feature as most cycle insurance policies depreciate the value of bikes fairly quickly.
The part of the bike likely to wear out quickest is the saddle.
Kind regards, Punk_shore
Posted: 14 Feb 2009, 11:56am
The part of the bike likely to wear out quickest is the saddle.
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What am I doing wrong? I wear out all sorts of things on my bikes but the saddles show no signs of wear. Although I did manage to totally break one which was already part broken when I got it.
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What am I doing wrong? I wear out all sorts of things on my bikes but the saddles show no signs of wear. Although I did manage to totally break one which was already part broken when I got it.
Posted: 14 Feb 2009, 12:47pm
The part of the bike likely to wear out quickest is the saddle.
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What am I doing wrong? I wear out all sorts of things on my bikes but the saddles show no signs of wear. Although I did manage to totally break one which was already part broken when I got it.
well Meic, I guess that's the difference between us ladies and you gentlemen! I'm on my third saddle, and yes they do wear out quickly. No comments please on the part of my anatomy causing the problem....
Jan
Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 4:26pm
Not worn a saddle out yet 
Brake blocks, Rims, Tyres.......
saddle wear
Posted: 17 Feb 2009, 11:45am
Maybe my input on saddle-wear was biased. I was going on the dozen or so unloved bikes which I returned to roadworthy condition.
The sample included several ladies' bikes, which were generally better kept than the mens'. However, once they got to the stage of being thrown onto the ground, the abrasive tarmac soon tore into the saddle covers. Having test-ridden the bikes prior to selling them, I found the ladies' bikes turned quicker than the mens'. Is this to do with the different arrangement of shoulders & rib-cage?
Perhaps the best way to buy a ladies's bike is to take a female cyclist with you. That will put any male salesperson off his guard to start with
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Kind regards, Punk_shore
The sample included several ladies' bikes, which were generally better kept than the mens'. However, once they got to the stage of being thrown onto the ground, the abrasive tarmac soon tore into the saddle covers. Having test-ridden the bikes prior to selling them, I found the ladies' bikes turned quicker than the mens'. Is this to do with the different arrangement of shoulders & rib-cage?
Perhaps the best way to buy a ladies's bike is to take a female cyclist with you. That will put any male salesperson off his guard to start with
.
Kind regards, Punk_shore
Posted: 18 Feb 2009, 2:20pm
buy a prop stand! Dont throw the precious things on the ground! Thats cruel!