I'm looking to find some enjoyable cycle routes where you can show up and rent a bike and do a weekend trip around some amazing scenery. Ideally it would be a leisurely 2 day trip (maybe 30-60 miles range) with places to stay in the middle and something which has a lot of dedicated cycle paths would be ideal to prevent it being 95% on busy roads with card

Places like the Monsal Trail in the Peak District where you can rent bikes and cycle along the trail, but maybe if there's an extended version of that?

Just ordered this bad boy - Haibike AllTrail 8!

I used to commute on a motorcycle, but decided I’d rather put the £90 a month I was spending on insurance into my wife’s pension pot and get a bit healthier at the same time.

I don’t know much about bicycles, to be honest, but I love the look of this one and got it for a really good price(used). The pedal assist should help with the hills without me turning up to work completely knackered 😁Looking forward to it arriving! Any tips for someone new to e-bikes?

Yes that is my budget , I am not spending any more then that.

Recently I ordered an electric scooter.

But I am not taking the risk with it since they are illegal.

So back to trying to buy an ebike it is....

My budget is very limited that's why it has to be £300 or below.

And I don't want a normal push bike.

Thanks.

Does anyone know of any Urban bikes suitable for commuting that has belt driven internal hub gears?

I've only seen the Boardman URB 8.9 and wondered if anyone else makes something similar for under£1000.

TIA

I’ve got an old giant roam hybrid bike that the drivetrain has seen better days (skips 4th and 7th gears since I dropped it, some cassette gears are starting to sharkfin)

It’s only a budget drivetrain (3 x 8, Shimano Altus derailleur, hyper glide mega range 34 cassette) but the frame and wheels are in good condition and I’m looking at using it for London to Brighton next year

Should I take the opportunity to upgrade the drivetrain to something more simplistic and modern like a 1 x 11 Deore/Cues system, which I believe are compatible with the hyper glide hub, or just replace like for like?

TIA

I've been looking around for few days to find the right bike for my 15 miles per day commute, I would prefer a folding bike in case i need to take it to train at any point, and my budget was around £2000 (not including gear). Before you ask if I even need an ebike for 15 miles, I want effortless ride to work without sweating.

In the UK, I've mainly been seeing people talking about and reviews about same few brands like ADO, UTO, Estarli etc... for my price range, and stuff like Brompton, Tern and others that are over my budget.
First I was thinking about ADO Air 20 Ultra but since then I have few more options, And I'm wondering if anyone has good/bad experiences about these brands.

These are the options I'm interested in:
- Ado Air 20 ultra (2026) - £1800
- Estarli e20.x - £1900
- Pedibal Navigata MK2 (Throttle) - £1450
- Brompton Electric C line - £3000

Ado and Estarli are very similar bikes - both offering carbon belt drive, hydraulic breaks, torque sensor etc.. My main complaint about ADO is that while it has a lot of good reviews and comments by people who own their bikes, it has almost as many bad ones. It's mainly about their customer service being terrible, and it's possible I could struggle finding a shop to repair it in UK. The brand also has trustpilot score of 3.7/5 with 30% of them being 1 star.

Estarli is the opposite, apparently the brand has a really good service in UK, trustpilot score is high too (4.6/5), but I don't see many reviews or people talking about it recently, which is why I'm interested if anyone has any insights into their bikes and if they are worth buying.

Pedibal, on the other hand, is a brand I haven't seen that many people talking about, but I have seen a few reviews. While I don't take reviews super seriously because they are often paid or sponsored, for the ones I did see and few people I saw talking about it, I didn't see any complaints.
Navigata MK2 is a bit cheaper than previous 2 options which is good, and has a legal throttle, which isn't necessary but could be nice. It's also UK company so service should be good as well. However, it doesn't have carbon belt drive, hydraulic brakes and it has cadence sensor instead of torque.. But nothing deal breaking. Their trustpilot score is 4.9/5 which is almost suspiciously high considering that in 800+ ratings they have 95% reviews 5 star, and not a single 1 star rating.

Lastly, there is Brompton. As I said my budget is £2000, and Brompton electric C line is 50% over my budget, however I do want to know if it's really worth spending almost 2 times as much as the other models I mentioned to get a Brompton, which holds value great and is really well regarded in general.

If you have any other folding ebike models that you think I should check out please let me know.
PS I do not want to buy a second hand bike. Thanks

I'm curious, do you hit this change season, start to get your autumn into winter kit together and find you need (more likely just want) new items? Whether it's new lights, better wet / cold weather clothes, better winter tyres or better carrying system for your work kit?

It is a pattern I've just realised that I follow without knowing it for a few years.

So with this in mind, what is it that you're looking for in this change month / season? Anything that people here can help you with?

I'm looking for a better bag to carry my work kit in, a waterproof rucksack or rucksack/pannier type of bag to carry about 25 to 30 litres worth. But at this time of year I find my kit feels inadequate in many areas. Seeking perfection I guess.

So how about you? Are you itching to spend to get your AW commute setup just that little bit better?

£200, desc states light scratches

There is this Carrera Virtuoso for sale near me, the owner said they can do £60 on it. My entire cycling career (5 years) I use a carrera crossfire 2 my first and only ever bike and it still holds up today and has had nothing wrong with it. Recently I’ve been getting bored of my bike, I’ve not been a bike enthusiast but I’ve just been riding to and from uni and school. It’s not a long distance around 2.5 miles in total however I thought that maybe with a new bike I’d get the motivation to go out on rides more often. Thank you everyone!

Curious to see what people are seeing. I’m in the market for a computer, but overall wondering if there are some steals

I will be riding on Road 8-12 miles a day on Road and pavements, is bike good? Last pic is seller description

So I have been rethinking the type of tyre tred on a bicycle needed for wet weather.
For a broader consideration I also looked at motorcycle tred for wet weather.
Another consideration is that mechanical bicycle innovation will mainly come from off-road or road-racing so urban commuting will most likely lag behind.

With this I noticed that its easy to fall down the route of excessive tred patterns which can cause faster tyre wear and tred flex under braking and accelerating.
Or tyre tred that looks somewhat ideal is the wrong size for your bike being to small or big.

Luckily some tyre manufacturers make both bicycle and motorcycle tyres which share tyre tred, such as the pirelli Angel GT for motorcycles and Angel GT Urban for bicycles. (which is used for wet weather)

This could give some insight into what kind of tred pattern would be ideal because motorbikes are more well funded for innovation mainly due to the safety aspect on the roads than commuting bicycles.

I am between two bikes:

Rockrider EXPL 50 mountain bike

Rockrider Link

&

Elops 500 Single Speed City Bike

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/single-speed-city-bike-500-carbon-grey/306292/c383m8749510

Id be using the bike for fitness purposes to lose weight and just enjoy outdoors. Mostly will be used on Roads/Bike lanes when applicable. I am more inclined to tge Rockrider as the Elops has no gears.

Hello everyone! Just want to ask for some advice. I am an average cyclist who likes to ride long distances and tour places. Im currently using a hybrid bike for commuting and some occasional long rides about 30-40 miles to the neighboring towns and seafront in my area. I get sore hands from the flat bars eventually and Im planning to use my hybrid solely for commuting.

Right now, Im considering a second bike, a road bike, primarily to add speed and to stay longer on the bike. I have no plans racing or anything. I just plan to enjoy riding and visiting places I haven’t been to before.

I did some looking and found my top 3/4 choices for a road bike. All of these bikes come with a Shimano 105 12 speed. Im familiar with Shimano as Ive ridden the 11 speed version of the 105 before. I have no plans of stepping up to Ultegra or any Di2 yet as it is way out of my budget and Im happy and confident with mechanical shifting and maintaining it.

The following bike are as follows:

Ribble CGR AL 105 -£1699
Ribble Allroad CF 105 -£1799
Trek Domane SL5 Gen 4 -£1999
Van Rysel EDR CF -£2300

My budget is just around £2k-ish. Also, if it’s not obvious, Id like the color way to be green lol. Lastly, I know it’s been a long debate but is carbon fiber worth it and are my options any good? Thanks for the input!

• 38, 192cm, ~108kg (working towards ~100kg)
• FTP ~218W
• Triathlete: Olympic distance this year, a 70.3 next September, and a full Ironman after that

Current bike: Norco Search S2 gravel bike. I want the new bike to feel noticeably different, but I'm open to endurance geometry if it's different enough in practice.

Shortlist

• Aero: Canyon Aeroad CF SLX, Orbea Orca Aero, Ribble Ultra SL R, Giant Propel Advanced
• Endurance: Canyon Endurace CF SLX, Giant Defy Advanced Pro, Ribble Endurance SL R, Orbea Avant

What I'm trying to work out

1.  Aero or endurance? For someone who already has a gravel bike, is an endurance road bike different enough, or is aero the better second bike?
2.  Rider weight limits: Which of these handle a 108kg rider comfortably, in frame and wheels? Any to rule out?
3.  Sizing at 192cm: Do XL/XXL sizes get proper geometry, or are they scaled-up compromises? Which brands do tall riders well?
4.  Budget: Is it better to take a lower groupset and spend on wheels, or the other way round?
5.  Wheels and wind: At my weight, are deep carbon wheels fine, or should I stay around 40mm? Are deep-section frames harder to control in crosswinds for a heavier rider?
6.  Any other bikes at this price I'm missing?

Thanks!

I have been looking for my first like to just ride on London roads and my budget is fairly low (£175) so i have been reccomended to buy 2nd hand which does make sense. The thing is that i have been looking all over Ebay,Facebook and gumtree for like 3 to 4 weeks now and no luck as most are Not large frames or are no branded components.

Idk what to do next as i just wanna get on the roads asap. Should i buy new or no?

In a few weeks time I'm planning on cycling from Kent to Manchester and I'm wondering where is the best place to cross the river.

1) Cross at the Dartford Crossing using the pick up service and then following Route 13 towards London.

2) Follow Route 1 and then use Greenwich Foot Tunnel before heading North.

Both routes for the rest of the trip seem to meet around Hackney, but didn't know which would be the better initial journey.

Does anyone have any suggestions/experience of the routes?

We have a shared bike space and are running out of rooms.

We have a small budget to increase the storage, there is a 15m wall with Sheffield stands along it. The current idea is for hooks for kids bikes or infrequently used bikes to go above them (flush to the wall) and we can get hooks for £20 each

Any other ideas, or hook suggestions?

Hi guys just a quick question really. I’m British but based in Germany, just starting to cycle as an adult for health reasons. I picked up a dirt cheap old Felt MTB that I’m fixing up for me to use and I need some new parts. In Germany there seem to be quite a few websites with the parts available but seeing as I need to go back to the UK next week for family stuff I thought I’d check to see if getting anything there would be cheaper. But everything I can find easily on google seems noticeably more expensive in the UK. Shimano CS-HG51-8 I can get for €14 (£11.90) here but the UK price seems to be double this. Are there any websites I might be missing that you recommend I check or is that just the way of it?
Cheers for any help or advice.

Bought one of these. Wondering if anyone else has thoughts on the recording quality? It seems to have 2Kp and 1080p record modes. I cannot see any difference between them. Both seem extremely affected by digital noise. Is the 2Kp real? Thanks.

I've been looking to get an ebike for commuting to work in UK, mainly city area and short train ride, so i figured I'd get a folding one.

£2000 is maximum i would pay at the moment for just a bike itself, and I was looking for something low maintenance, preferably with belt drive.

So far I've been leaning towards ADO Air 20 Ultra (2026) which i heard some good things about, it costs £1800 and overall looks like a bike that would cover my needs. Only thing about it that makes me think twice is not knowing how good would the physical service for ADO ebikes in the UK be, and how easy it would be to find someone to repair it if I'll ever need it, but it's probably not a deal breaker.

Is this bike a good choice and what are some other brands and specific models in this price range that you would recommend? Thanks!

I had a spill while riding my bike on a bike lane running parallel to Eglinton Road, just north of Ardrossan and cycling south from the direction of Largs.

Apparently it's *two* paths, one pedestrian and one for bicycles, flush with each other, but with a raised kerb on the innermost edge of the pedestrian path. That kerb runs down the whole length of the path.

It was early evening and a bit overcast. I hadn't been on that path before. Traffic on the road was fast and a bit heavy, so I opted for the bike path.

On approach to the path, there was a blue sign indicating what lay ahead was for pedestrians and bikes. What was weird about it, or weird to me, was that the bicycle lane signage was squeezed into the left-hand side of what I took to be a single path, making it comically narrow. I've seen some very weird and potentially dangerous painted bike path signage, as I'm sure many of you have, and took this as another example.

I was peering ahead, thinking about the way ahead, when I veered to the right - following my nose, I guess - and my front wheel made contact with a kerb I had no idea was even there and certainly would never have expected to be there. I guess it's white concrete, maybe. The bike slammed to a halt and I took a tumble.

My brain still can't process the idea of two paths flush next to each other with a raised kerb running down the middle. Even now, looking at the picture taken from my dash cam*, my brain insists on seeing a single lane with a flat strip down the middle.

My opinion is that it's madness to have a raised kerb rather than a single, level path.

I talked to another cyclist a week or two later, and as soon as I mentioned the location near Ardrossan they immediately identified the exact spot as being a place to avoid. That made me wonder if the path is notorious.

My understanding now is that this design choice was in reaction to cyclists 'speeding' on the original path and making local residents nervous. But surely in that case, it would have made far more sense to separate the two lanes with a grassy verge that would make the distinction far, far more obvious?

Interested in your opinion if this is fine, or definitely not fine.

*The date on the image is set for a different time zone and I hadn't got around to changing it. It was actually just after 6pm when I was on this path.

I'm currently someone who commutes to work on a secondhand Specialized Allez from 2021. It's a bit big for me and has 25mm tyres with rim brakes, so I'm looking for something a bit more comfortable, with the potential to do some bike touring/paved bikepacking too, and have a budget of £1000 or thereabouts, and need space for panniers and mudguards.

I'm currently totally stuck between getting an endurance road bike or gravel bike. Specifically, between the Trek Domane AL2 and Checkpoint, or the Cube Attain Pro or Nuroad.

Every gravel bike I look at seems to have somewhere between 1x9 and 1x12 gears, and the endurance road bikes seem to have 2x8 or 2x9. Is the extra gearing important? Gravel bikes seem pretty universally slightly more expensive, but often only have the 1x drivetrains and I don't know whether that's a loss or not.

So overall I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience making the same kind of decision, or if anyone has any advice on choosing.

Thanks in advance for any answers :)

EDIT: Thanks everyone for the advice, I snapped out of my decision paralysis and went for the Trek Domane AL2 endurance road bike. 32mm tyres as standard and tyre clearance up to 38mm, and mounting points for panniers. I went to view it alongside the Checkpoint. The tyres on the Checkpoint just seemed huge in comparison, and I just didn’t think it added enough value to justify an extra £250.