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Hey All

I was hoping someone may be able to help me out and provide some information for purchasing my first road bike. I need to ride around 50-100km a day and was seeing opinions on different road bikes, suitable gear and a recommended shop to buy it from. Price range is $2000-$3000 for everything.

Any information provide is much appreciated.

Regards

Rhys

Where-abouts are you located mate? There's a few places around ...

Hey mate

I am North of the River but happy to travel within reason if the are highly recommended.

Regards

Always been happy with TBE Osborne Park and Wembley Cycles.

Got my road bike from TBE - they were quite particular about the fit (not a professional bike fit, but they took leg inseam measurement, played around with varying stem height with several test rides, etc). I was pretty happy with that - no other shop I went to were that thorough. Also got a discount without asking.

Al at Al's Bicycle Surgery (http://alscyclesurgery.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) in Heathridge is probably worth a visit. The guys (Angus, Chris and Mark) at Cycles Bespoke (http://cyclesbespoke.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) in Bayswater are also a friendly bunch. If your just starting out they are probably worth having a chat to even if you don't buy a bike from them. The guys at TBE in Belmont are good though IMHO not as knowledgeable as Al and Cycles Bespoke.

If your starting out riding I would recommend working your way up to the 50-100k mark as that's a fair distance to be travelling each day.

See Steve at Elite Racing Cycles in northbridge. He will give honest advice and not try to just sell. I trust him with my bikes...and that's saying something

Thanks all, will check them out

+1 on Elite Cycles, they maybe a little pricy, but his service is fantastic.

Also Bikeforce Balcatta, Willy the owner is a top guy, friendly and knowledgeable. my LBS, recommended.

Malaga Cycles is my LBS for over 10 years and also has a good group ride set up on Saturday's. TBE and Wembley Cycles also good discussions- I try to steer clear of Bikforce anything- personal experiences have not been good but lots of people think otherwise.

CXCommuter wrote:Malaga Cycles is my LBS for over 10 years and also has a good group ride set up on Saturday's. TBE and Wembley Cycles also good discussions- I try to steer clear of Bikforce anything- personal experiences have not been good but lots of people think otherwise.

I have had mixed experiences with Bikeforce. The good experiences were at bikeforce morley.

+ 1 to Elite Racing Cycles. I have only had good advice from them.

+1 To Malaga Cycles

+1 Wembley Cycles - new premises are great.
+1 TBE Osborne Pk

+1 to Malaga Cycles also very happy with my dealings there.

Cyclemania and BF Joondalup are great to deal with.