Originally Posted by
Dafne
Hello everybody!!
I am a brand new rider who, after having a bad experience with a second-hand bike, has decided to give it another try and get a new bike.
My budget is the following: £ 250/300
Use: I basically need the bike to commute, so I'll be using it on roads. However, there are quite a few hills in and around Brighton, for this reason I ended up by considering an Hybrid bike.
Basically I am pondering pros and cons of the following bikes:
- Specialized Sirrus 09
- Specialized Centrum Elite 08
Any piece of advice is more than welcome!!
So, please feel free to let me know which one you would get and why or suggest other options, if you have any.
Thanks a lot! Cheers!
Riccardo
welcome to the world of bike commuting! This thread is for people to post what kind of day they had commuting by bike. I'm not sure you'll get too many responses to your question in this thread. You are, however, in the right forum- the commuter forum. You might want to repost your question as a separate thread or in the "sticky thread" titled "Advice for New Commuters". ( both of those bikes sound pretty good to me but hopefully someone will have more first hand experience with them than I).
My ride was quick and fun on the road in today and I had to travel around to a few different locations during the day so got a few extra miles in and then had a nice bike path ride home in the dark.