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Jun 2020
5:56pm, 18 Jun 2020
1,224 posts
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xt350 🇳🇿
I have a specialized Tarmac SL2 from 2010, I would like to upgrade but mrs xt350 says na!! (may get one and suggest its been in the shed for a few years ;-))
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Jun 2020
5:58pm, 18 Jun 2020
70,306 posts
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Gobi
I have 2 Tarmacs - good choice (upgraded 2012 and a 2017)
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Jun 2020
6:02pm, 18 Jun 2020
6,576 posts
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sallykate
Bog standard hybrid, it only needs to get me five miles...
Used to be at college with a good cyclist, he'd cycle from Oxford home to Manchester as a good training ride. Not sure that counts as a commute but it saved on his train fare.
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Jun 2020
6:04pm, 18 Jun 2020
70,308 posts
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Gobi
whats a standard Hybrid ? Brand , model?? I'm just curious as I like bike and collect them a little
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Jun 2020
6:10pm, 18 Jun 2020
7,630 posts
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jda
Have worked at same place as wife since we were married hence tandem most of the time  Cannondale touring tandem which was a design classic that set the standard for decades. Possibly not being made right now, our first one is 25 years old and we bought what may be the very last one (in our size anyway) a couple of years ago as an upgrade/replacement/spare.
But I do really like my Canyon endurace as a general going out for a ride bike. Going to work I'd want something a bit more suitable for carrying luggage, but I'm no longer commuting.
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Jun 2020
6:25pm, 18 Jun 2020
6,577 posts
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sallykate
It's a Boardman as that was easy to get through the cycle to work scheme; a few years old now so I don't remember the exact model.
I also have a Boardman road bike through C2W but I don't use that for commuting - hardly for anything at the moment. The longest ride I've done on it was the first Ride London.
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Jun 2020
6:28pm, 18 Jun 2020
3,172 posts
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Bob!
Decathlon 540 hybrid, with rack and panniers.
currently WFH though
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Jun 2020
6:29pm, 18 Jun 2020
3,951 posts
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Kieren
I have a Connodale CAAD12 105. It's aluminium and replaces a steel, cheap Fuji track that I owned for 12 years. They are both similar "race" geometry (the Fuji track is a common beginner track bike so not quite as aggressive positioning as a premium bike).
After a bad fall on the Fuji, I couldn't get the courage up to ride it again, so sold it.
I have a Bromton too which I love. They are such good bikes . I have the ML3 with has a U shape handlebar that flexes quite a lot by design and is 3 speed, standard. In hindsight I think a flat handle bar and lower gear range might have suited me better. I spend most time in the middle gear. The low gear can make some climbs a bit challenging
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Jun 2020
6:39pm, 18 Jun 2020
11,298 posts
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larkim
B'twin Triban 3 (the red version) here, was great bang for the buck when I bought it and as the only road bike I've ridden since my 5spd Sun Solo from about 1985.
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Jun 2020
6:40pm, 18 Jun 2020
6,578 posts
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sallykate
Off topic but a friend got into cycling at Herne Hill velodrome (it's not far from here) just before all this kicked off and got himself a track bike - he's definitely an N+1 kind!
If I was buying again I'd probably make more effort to try various bikes out before deciding. The Boardman is OK but for a tallish woman there are probably better options out there.
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