{"id":9518,"date":"2010-07-24T06:01:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-ride-off-with-the-best-new-bicycle-deal\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T04:09:31","slug":"how-to-ride-off-with-the-best-new-bicycle-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-ride-off-with-the-best-new-bicycle-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to ride off with the best new bicycle deal"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHow easy is it to find a good-quality new bike for less than \u00a3200? Adam Dewar takes up the challengeEarlier this year I found myself standing in a suburban street at 8am engulfed by the crushing sense of loss and directionless anger that countless city dwellers feel on a regular basis \u2013 someone had nicked my bike. I had foolishly chained it to a set of railings whilst I slept over at a friend’s house and even more foolishly I had failed to insure it, leaving me with no choice but to buy a new one.My first stop was to look at the big stores and websites, such as Evans Cycles and Cycle Surgery. Both were packed with a gleaming array of road bikes, mountain bikes, trekking bikes and hybrid commuting bikes, but all priced around the \u00a3250-\u00a3300-plus mark \u2013 and that was without adding the price of commuting essentials such as a lock (at least \u00a330), a pannier rack (\u00a315) and mudguards (\u00a320). I had sourced my last bike, a Claud Butler hardtail with accessories included, from a friend moving abroad for \u00a3100. I\u00a0had no idea it would cost so much. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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