Commuter Cycling
April 27th, 2011
Bicycle Question – advice please?
Hello, beginning of the year I bought a new full suspension bike from Halfords, half price (£70)
I am starting uni in september, would this bike be ok to commute 3 miles or would it be better to buy a different kind of bike (e.g a commuter bike with no suspension) what would be the advantages?
(i.e comfort etc)
I am new to all this cycling stuff, can anyone recommend a bike (unless u think what I got is ok)
Thanks a lot people!
The bike you have should be okay. But you may want to get a gel seat. This is a slip on thing that goes onto your seat and makes it comfier. Also if the suspension below the seat is loose then you bounced up and down all of the time and it makes it harder to cycle and get speed up! so make sure its the right tension!
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