Hôtel Bastardos : L'annexe de cyclisme d'amélioration

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GregP
GregP
Apr 2016
10:31am, 1 Apr 2016
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So we have £1500, give or take, and want to buy a 'do everything' bike?

evanscycles.com

Will continue to look, just wanted to open the betting.
GregP
GregP
Apr 2016
10:35am, 1 Apr 2016
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You can still buy Focus Cayos I've just noticed. There you go then. Job done.

swiftcycles.co.uk

I used to have a Focus Ergoride. Ruthlessly efficient and very German. Buddy had - still has - a Cayo. Huge amount of bike for the money - this was back in the day when Wiggle were the sole UK distributor.
Hills of Death (HOD)
Hills of Death (HOD)
Apr 2016
11:32am, 1 Apr 2016
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Hills of Death (HOD)
I like the Giant to be fair.

Focus looks really nice
GregP
GregP
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11:44am, 1 Apr 2016
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I had a Ginat for a year once - nothing wrong with it, just a bit bland. The one in question here just looks a bit relaxed (t's that sloping top tube what does it) - probably make a great sportive/hack - certainly nothing wrong with it.
GlennR
GlennR
Apr 2016
1:18pm, 1 Apr 2016
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That sloping tube is a Giant thing, I believe.
Hills of Death (HOD)
Hills of Death (HOD)
Apr 2016
1:25pm, 1 Apr 2016
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Did it give you a bite ;-)
GregP
GregP
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1:43pm, 1 Apr 2016
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:) HoD.

Not at all, GR - they are quite trendy, just I don't like them. I came very close to buying a second hand De Rosa instead of a new SuperSix - it was that specifically that put me off.

One of these, in fact:

road.cc
GlennR
GlennR
Apr 2016
1:51pm, 1 Apr 2016
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GlennR
That's a pretty bike to be fair.
GlennR
GlennR
Apr 2016
1:53pm, 1 Apr 2016
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GlennR
Incidentally, by 'a Giant thing', I meant that even their top of the range competition bikes tend to have the sloping tube, not that it's unique to the company.
Dai Bank
Dai Bank
Apr 2016
1:53pm, 1 Apr 2016
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Dai Bank
Morning, or maybe afternoon now: I biked. I hiked, my legs don't hurt. Wow.

Pembrey on Sunday to relive the '90s with Tim Gould riding vets in the first round of MTB series. Good Cx course last year for welsh league should mean a very fast mtb course, albeit flattish.

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A rusty lock-up/garage/hut in the grounds of the Hotel Bastardos, we are a small cycling club and yet also a broad church.

Pull up a chair, get a cup of tea and a slice of slightly stale cake and settle down.

Welcome to the old skool. Founded 2012.

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