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Sadly no official job! Do bits for my dad but currently at uni so no cycle scheme to speak of!

So guess really just need to start?

I have a budget of £250-300 for a bike because im on a tight budget. About £50 for accessories too.

Are the new bikes at around the £300 price range al right? I don't need something ultralight or sophisticated, just something to get me started.

edit: Some great help there Streeteh! All added to my amazon wish list to remind me.

Whats your opinion on say... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Viking-DIta...XM/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1325513280&sr=8-13
 
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At that price range i'd be thinking of second hand for the bike itself, you can actually get something really great that just needs a bit of a service for very little.

I'll let the other guys who know brands far better than me give suggestions. Just in case you don't notice i've updated the post above with links to some starter kit.
 
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Managed to get out for a cycle today it was a tad cold but sunny and dry.
I did my usual 30 mile circuit, man my feet where cold more socks needed next time.

I got to the last 6 miles and I could hear a another cyclist behind me great I thought going to get scalped again but he stopped and rode with me for a couple of miles which made a change.
 
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Fixed 52/16 on my Bob Jackson. Not met a hill I can't get up recently; I think I'd struggle on Ditchling Beacon but Crystal Palace is no problem these days. 52/42 old Biopace rings on the front and 24-13 on the rear. Definitely not met anything I'd need more gearing on, I just get up out the saddle and battle it out.
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I fixed 52/16 on my Langster a few weeks back, had a quick run out on it and had to get off and walk up the hills near me! No power in my legs at all, my excuse is that I'm just coming back from an ankle injury. I switched back to 50/16 when I got home and sulked for a bit.

I grew up on Anerley road though and the hills I went up weren't as bad as Anerley. I might just stick 52/16 back on and MTFU. :o
 
Just woken up and ready now for my first ride of 2012.

Last got on the bike... must be June ish when I was cycling 11 miles each way to work in central London.

In the leafy cotswolds now, 6 miles ish, and its sounding seriously windy and rainy out there. Plan is to just get there and back for the first few weeks, and then try and see what sort of time is achievable.

Best news? not the reduction in distance, but the lack of crystal palace hill to contend with !

Wish me luck guys !
 
You've certainly picked a fine day to get back on the bike, Conanius. Refreshing breezes and cooling drizzle await us both.

It's days like today that truly separate the men from the boys!
 
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Just call me a boy then!

To be fair in my defence i cycled in worse than this last year, it's just that last night the missus was ill so i barely had any sleep, which resulted in me sleeping in and waking up roughly when i should be getting on the bike.

By now i should be nearing my workplace, car it is.
 
Hands up if you braved the commute then...o/.

**** ME! There were a few brief moments where I had a tail wind so sailed along ridiculously fast, and then there was most of the ride where I was cyling into a headwind. Times when I felt patently unsafe, and times when I was amazed I stayed on, and times when I had to lean a good 20-30 degrees into the wind to stay on. 15 miles felt like 100 today. But...I feel like more of a man :p.
 
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I've not been on the bike for a week and it's killing me.

Had a bit of a nasty off on the CX bike where my front wheel wedged between the planks of a bridge and the bike stopped dead. Cue me going straight over (still clipped in and attached to the bike) and face planting! :p

Lots of blood and a black eye, now all but healed but my back is shot from the impact so I'm not able to ride yet (can barely walk in truth). Going to gingerly get on the turbo this week and see how I go, but definitely not how I planned to start my training!
 
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I've not been on the bike for a week and it's killing me.

Had a bit of a nasty off on the CX bike where my front wheel wedged between the planks of a bridge and the bike stopped dead. Cue me going straight over (still clipped in and attached to the bike) and face planting! :p

Lots of blood and a black eye, now all but healed but my back is shot from the impact so I'm not able to ride yet (can barely walk in truth). Going to gingerly get on the turbo this week and see how I go, but definitely not how I planned to start my training!
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Nasty :(

Get well soon! :)
 
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