Hi,

me a newbie, please help to recommend a bike. for work commuting (construction sites) and offroad riding in weekends.

Budget : max 1.5k

Many thanks!!

A Wheeler can get you a pretty good bike for your money. It is stocked with relatively good parts and should be within the budget that you posted up. Check out C2C at Ang Mo Kio. Details are in the bikeshop section. Tell Ben, the proprietor, that SGCycling sent you. While you are there, feel free to look around and do not be afraid to ask Ben for advice. Hope you find your dream ride soon and ride with us. :clap:

Hi, Welcome to sgcycling. you mentioned to construction site. is the bike within your visual or you gonna lock it else where?

1.5K can get you some pretty decent commuting bike & trail riding.

a giant XTC.

a cannondale F7 or F5.

Cannondale F7, available at C2C as well.

Hi, Welcome to sgcycling. you mentioned to construction site. is the bike within your visual or you gonna lock it else where?

1.5K can get you some pretty decent commuting bike & trail riding.

a giant XTC.

a cannondale F7 or F5.


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the bike is not within my visual but parking area is infront of the security check point so no worries...

I'm pretty small size abt 1.65m, are these bikes too big for me..?

visited to Trek shop in Tudor Court, was recommended a trek model cost around 1.5k also but didnt like the color. prefer something all black or red...

also the guy mentioned abt he's a bike fitter... important..??

Bike comes in different sizes & feel. for your height, you are suited for 16" bike or frame size small.

Yes a bike fitting is very important when it comes to serious biking ; your offroading in the weekends?
You should get a bike fit when you buy a bike as if im not wrong it comes free. An improper bike fit would leave you worrying in regrets like crazy once you start offroading; you wouldnt feel the difference when your riding through your site.

Goodluckk!

Many thanks for inputs. will drop by C2C soonest... :)

U shall get a bic with disc brake since u r doing off road too. V-brake is no good for off road but good enough for on road.

Not true. I know of many people with V-brakes who have no problems riding off-road. Most of my bikes have V-brakes and I have no problem with them off-road.

having disc brakes is not really a need but it'll definitely be a good hit for the offroads.
It provides much better modulation [ oh, i dont really know about others but when i used Vees, i never had "modulation"]

Disc brakes allows you to give no more then a shit about having a mud clogged up tire + rim. This gives you a trouble free mud-dip trail day on any wet day.

But Disc brakes are a tad heavier [ oh i bet you wouldnt even be bothered by teh weight.]

Nothing against Vees, but in the current tech. days, Disc brakes are quite the way to go for performance and also *bling* hahaa :D

gravels are choking up your rims. hahahaa

L0L
I got it removed already, now its spinning straight again.

Yr V-brake get yr brake pad burn off too quickly if yr trail consists of mainly downslope where in some situation hard braking is need to prevent u fallen off from slope. This is very bad for yr brake bad, no matter what kind of top notch brake pad u used.

In terms of maintenance, it is also costly to replace good brake pad every few weeks if u start to go trail often.

I heard from my friend who go for a 3 hr downhill trail in Thailand who 95% of his time applying front brake. I think is enough to burn off a brand new brake pad.

im for V brakes too. running an avid sd sl with mtb koolstop pads.. come rain and shine, mud, gravel, uphill downhill, fast brakes, no problems..

v brakes, not much technical issues like hydraulic against mechanical.. no disc rubbing, just simple tensioning..

only problem is when ur fork starts to twist, then u might have some issues.. or when ur fork is not absorbing the trail well enough and ur wheels wobble, (dunno how to describe it la, but the V brakers shld know) then u hope u had a disc brake..

neva the less, for budgeting, simplicity and weight over performance issues.. v brakes is the way to go.. personally i also feel u learn ur braking techniques in terms of modulation, anticipation, weight shifting better with v brakes first.. (i've seen too many new guys runnning discs flying over their handlebars)

just a point to note, do get frames / forks which are disc mountable, just in case u start to feel the itch.. =)

Guys,

went down to C2C, took a look at Cannondale (F7), dun really like what I saw.. Is there any more recommendation or bike shop that I can check out..?

What about Marin bikes? comments..?

Thks!!

Check out kona, giant and GT.

these 3 brands are easily available at Tay cycle.