Saw this today instore - seems like good price for a road bike.
Alloy Road Bike $199 - Amart Sports
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Looks like the older style (shifters not in the brakes? What noobs.) where they meet near the gooseneck. Makes it a bit more difficult to use, but I imagine the cables are less complex and easier to maintain.
Plus you don't have the issue of running cables underneath your bar's grip tape. I imagine that would improve the ease of installation for that too.
But the strange part is they have the brakes out there so still have to put under bar tape anyway. As someone else has said get a better second hand bike
The brake cables go up the front (via a big loop) to allow for the turning of the handlebars. I think. Or mine are just stupid.
I am no expert but seems to be similar to what other bikes use like this one:
you're better off buying a 2nd hand bike than that.
I'd say the old adage "you get what you pay for" would ring true here.
If you're serious about cycling, pay more, and get something that will A: last much longer, and B: be a lot better & easier to ride.I actually think this is a very good bike for someone who wants wants to give this hobby a try without spending a fortune. If you decide to get 'serious' in the future you can always upgrade. If you either decide that it's not for you can't find the time to ride you will not have lost too much money.
Perhaps…. but perhaps the low-cost build and features will make it so uncomfortable and difficult that they will give up more easily.
Agreed, below a certain quality level it's just not fun. bad brakes, gears and uncomfortable seat etc will probably make you give up cycling sooner. Making assumptions that the quality of this bike is subpar, which at $200 is a reasonable assumption.
in terms of losing money, you'll lose less re-selling a 2nd hand trek/giant/kona etc than trying to sell this no-name wild cards, unless you get lucky on ebay/gumtree with a clueless buyer…
I actually bought this bike for $248 from a previous deal and ended up doing the Around the Bay in a Day as well as regular training 40k training rides. Found it very enjoyable too. I'm sure a $5,000 bike would have been better.
I actually bought this bike for $248
That was a fantastic deal, and far superior to the Amart deal above. Well done!
Who'd have thought BigW would sell a proper road bike? Not them, as they ditched them HP-style at a bargain price.
A lot of these cheaper bikes often use non-standard parts, things like odd sized seat posts, strange headsets and odd brake calipers etc. Upshot is that it can be hard to upgrade the bike and buy a better seatpost/seat etc.
I also kind of agree on the enjoyment factor as well, it is hard work lugging your newby legs up a hill when you start out, last thing you would need when your power & stamina run out and you need to drop a couple of gears in a hurry is to have to go searching for the gear lever.
If you want something basic for commuting or rolling along bikepaths with the kids it might be OK. Might be a stretch though to sign up for the 3 peaks on this. If you want a commuter it doesn't look like there are top mounting holes for pannier racks but cant really see from the photo.
YES IT COMES WITH PEDALS JV
Thanks…
I just saw that in the pic… :P
HAHAHA, they might want to adjust the handlebars on the bike in the photo, good luck riding on the hoods with those!
NEVER, ever get a cheap duel suspension bike.
..unless it comes with jousting sticks.
It does kind of look like a road bike. If you squint hard enough.
What are those shifters? In an odd place.