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  • Need New Bicycle Guidance

    Hi. I'm a 23 year old man looking to purchase a new bicycle. It will be my first bicycle after 6 years.

    Budget - 8k-11k, slightly more if worth it
    Use Case - daily office commute 5 km one side, tarmac road with patches of potholes, rocks; and weekend leisure rides of about 30-40 km one side on tarmac roads with occasional potholes in urban areas.
    Location - Gurgaon, Haryana.
    Online / store - I'd prefer purchasing from brick and mortar store to get a good feel of the bike and its quality. Standard stores like Firefox, btwin, Hero, etc are all present in and around the city.

    I was thinking of BtWin My Bike from Decathlon, but I'm not sure how well built it is. I want something which doesn't need service or repairs every few weeks and runs 3-4 years in acceptable condition. I'm not particularly looking for gears or suspensions, but rather quality. Though I think gears will make the weekly leisure rides more fun.

    Looking for guidance and suggestions.

    Thank You.

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    Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

    Query Approved

    The MyBike from Btwin is good VFM. [MENTION=75833]Kaushik Iyer[/MENTION] bought the Mach City recently as he was also searching for a commuter bike. Maybe he can shed some light on how good is his bike holding up!
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    • #3
      Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

      Go for Bsa Mach city if you are looking for hybrid cycle. I recently bought Hercules A75 MTB. It is a decent one with lots of features.

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      • #4
        Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

        Sorry guys... bit caught up with a lotta things. not able to even post about by Jaipur Trip!

        Anyway in short the Mach-City is a good starter bike with decent quality. Infact the best I've seen from that stable. Now I do have a bucket load of things I'd like to change on it.... but then Yes someone like me who's quite into Mid/high-end road bikes it's a given that there will be things that I'd want more/less off

        BUT...

        I don't think anyone buying this as a 1st bike or a beginner bike for recreation or commuting should find any faults with with, Infact I believe for the price it is the best you can buy new off the shelf.

        I will give my detailed review later since now I've covered almost 5-6 commute rides but once I find some time.
        Ride your Heart out!!!

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        • #5
          Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

          Hi Kaushik

          When you say Mach City, did you mean the earlier Mach City i Bike 7 speed Hybrid or the latest one Mach City Munich 21 speed Hybrid please?

          I was inclined to go with the simple Mach City Munich single speed, had a test ride but I am 6ft 1 and this one has only M size, it was not comfortable in it. But they do have L in ibike and munich hybrid.

          Which one you bought?

          Thanks

          Krish

          Originally posted by Kaushik Iyer View Post
          Sorry guys... bit caught up with a lotta things. not able to even post about by Jaipur Trip!

          Anyway in short the Mach-City is a good starter bike with decent quality. Infact the best I've seen from that stable. Now I do have a bucket load of things I'd like to change on it.... but then Yes someone like me who's quite into Mid/high-end road bikes it's a given that there will be things that I'd want more/less off

          BUT...

          I don't think anyone buying this as a 1st bike or a beginner bike for recreation or commuting should find any faults with with, Infact I believe for the price it is the best you can buy new off the shelf.

          I will give my detailed review later since now I've covered almost 5-6 commute rides but once I find some time.

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          • #6
            Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

            Ahh! it's the Munich 21 which I bought. BTW the iBike 7S range is a rigid MTB

            here's a pic of my bike



            This bike needs a lot of changes........ you know the other bummer.... the roads to my office have majorly been repaved!! Making me question why did I buy this bike in the 1st place!!!

            But it's a good bike & I'm sure by the time I'm finished with modding this it'll look & ride differently. I purposely kept it stock to see if I can manage to get used to a straight bar.
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            • #7
              Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

              Did not get the pic . Not sure if it is my issue or others cant view as well. Mind sending again? Thanks




              [QUOTE=Kaushik Iyer;1274050]Ahh! it's the Munich 21 which I bought. BTW the iBike 7S range is a rigid MTB

              here's a pic of my bike

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              • #8
                Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

                Try Montra Rock 1, my friend owns it and swears by it. I have used it too, pretty good. His bike is maybe 2 years old something (not sure). I have bought a Giant Rincon (V-Brake) (costs 23.5K). But I was considering either a Montra Rock 1 or a Fomas. The Fomas has some very nice components in it (for the price it comes at).

                So to summarise test ride the Montra Rock 1 or the Fomas (not sure about the model, but it's the only one in the 10-12K price segment).

                P.S. all of these are MTBs, but the Montra works well on Tarmac so does the Giant. And even if you go through a few potholes, you won't end up with bent tire rims.
                Last edited by RushabhKaddu; 02-07-2017, 03:25 PM.

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                • #9
                  Re: Need New Bicycle Guidance

                  Hi

                  What does your Munich 21 weigh? A guy scared me it ways almost 17K as it has steel frame? Any truth in this?



                  [QUOTE=Kaushik Iyer;1274050]Ahh! it's the Munich 21 which I bought. BTW the iBike 7S range is a rigid MTB

                  here's a pic of my bike

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