Land Rover bikes.

[cpas]

Quick question - are these any good?

I need to do something to get out and get a little bit of excercise, and a friend says anything under £600 is a waste of time. I've seen a couple of Land Rover bikes foe £200 to £300 but are these any better than a £150 Halfords bike? I like Land Rover cars so it would be a cool bike to have anyway

[Jimbo.]

Meh. Same as any other cheap bike (same factory!) just with a Land Rover sticker and a price hike. It's nothing to do with Land Rover beyond licencing.

£600 will, from memory, get you a reasonable bike from Halfords themselves (Carrera?) or Decathlon.

[Gizmoish]

There are "decent" bikes available for less than 600. "Good" bikes do cost a bit more.

However, just for starting out there's no need to remortgage. Get out there on anything.

[JaseB]

A mate has one and it's proper heavy, a Boardman from Halfords is a great starter bike, new at £650 or second hand obviously.

[dudleybloke]

have a look on ebay.
i managed to get a 2011 spec forme rage that retails 7-800 quid for 310, brand new and boxed.
some bargains out there!

[Lostprophet]

cpas said:

Quick question - are these any good?

I need to do something to get out and get a little bit of excercise, and a friend says anything under £600 is a waste of time. I've seen a couple of Land Rover bikes foe £200 to £300 but are these any better than a £150 Halfords bike? I like Land Rover cars so it would be a cool bike to have anyway

Only issue with LR is it will break down on you....

[Don1]

I got a Boardman team FS from gum tree for £450 - there are good (legal) deals out there if you look.

[scubadude]

Depends what you want to do "get out and about for abit of exercise" is pretty open description.

On forums everywhere people will naturally suggest spending £Xhundreds to get a "decent" bike while not knowing what you need/want.

If you're a fat slob who finds walking to the TV to turn the XBOX off then a £50 2nd hand job from your LBS will be fine to get you off the sofa, if you are a fit and active person you might need to spend £1000 on a road bike to see any fitness benefit.

Basically you'll get useless answers for a non-specific question.

FWIW- You can get some nice, "decent" bikes second hand from your local shop, all tested and serviced "good as new" for cheaps which will serve you for years of use and abuse, you do not need to "waste" £500+ at a Halfords!

Don't forget to budget enough for decent shorts (padded) shoes, gloves and helmet- doesn't matter how far you ride sooner or later your arse gets sore and some pr*ck might knock you off!