After months of pondering and looking at new and second hand bikes I finally made a purchase in Decathalon of all places. I'm a big fan of the cycle to work scheme having already bought a lovely Genesis mountain bike in it a few years back.. The reason I say lovely is it doesn't get used much, I bought new tyres for it in June and they are still not fitted. I do however manage to slog it in to work around 3 days a week on my trusty and much loved 21 year old Muddy Fox Seeker Mega. 10 miles there and 10 miles bike with not much else cycling wise done in between. If the boss lets us away at a reasonable time on a Friday I'll take the long way home making it a whopping 22 miles with all weekend to recover.
My hankering for a road bike began with the desire to take part in some charity events over the summer but lacking confidence in my ability to go further than about 25miles it never happened. It took me to November to get a new for code the cycle to work scheme and then with the current economic climate and no prospect of a pay rise I thought the money was better in my bank account and decided to look for a fixer upper as I didn't need another expensive ornament.
So roll forward to just after Christmas and I'm in Decathlon looking for bib tights for my son to replace the ones I got him off e-bay that did not fit..I spot a row of shiny new road bikes that seem to be too cheap to be true. I had a reasonable clue of spec and things at the budget end of the market from the research I had done in November so I new this was a bargain.yet still pondered about making a purchase for a couple of days.
Finally on the 1st January 2012 I purchased my first road bike for over 30 years a brand new 55cm Raleigh Team Sprint for the princely sum of £150 I really couldn't turn it down at that money .
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