Beginner Pre-Built Bike

[newbibuilder]

Looking for recommendation for road/gravel bike.

I’m a university student looking to get into the sport.

Main purpose is to get around a small city, i am shying away from building from scratch since I don’t have tools and i’m afraid that the parts I will order won’t fit.

Budget is around $1500CAD

[Blueberry]

I would check out the second hand market. It's been hard to sell used bikes lately so there are some good deals.

[lidation]

For a commuter, definitely second hand, and spend half your budget on the lock, a GPS tagging system, and weird security bolts so that some cunt can't easily steal your seatpost & saddle. Don't ask me how i know. Maybe also a machete, for when you find them, hack through the entire family, help clean humanity from its scum, leave behind you a pile of humans limbs in a pool of blood, and recover your bike.

I like your thinking in your "Maybe".   I got two of my best bikes stolen just outside my office a few years ago. In the US, the police don't care. They just help you file a ticket and blatantly tell you that they do not have time to investigate this, despite our company security camera caught the guy in the act.

[bremerradkurier]

It's the same everywhere. And if you complain it takes a second to be called a racist, or a bad citizen.
Which is why i like the idea of going to town with a machete. Frontier justice.

Prepaid numeric pager, electrically primed shotgun shell in the seat post, some assembly required?

[newbibuilder]

I would check out the second hand market. It's been hard to sell used bikes lately so there are some good deals.

Second hand market here sucks. My school is in the middle of nowhere population size is 100k.

The good bikes I can find are way overpriced.

Thats why I am looking for a bnew pre built bike from aliexpress.

[Ludo]

Look at meinier. Is frame are cheap but quality seems pretty good from reviews her and my experience. They do pre built bike and you can probably try to negotiate some

Something like that:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLvVLqD

Seraph has some good options for fully built bike. But be aware that even fully built bike probably need dissembling, lubricating in all the good places…

You can downgrade to ltwoo gr9 and to aluminum wheels to get in budget.
To make the most of the coupon you may have to ask him to split the order into 2-3 so you maximize discount. It’s a bit of a pity though because with 1500$ you can definitely built the same bike or better. Maybe ask around independent bike shops locally if they could put it together for you. May just cost you 150-200$


Another option, our resident media influencer, Patrick, was complaining he had plenty of craps no one wants to buy, maybe you can work out some good deal on closet parts sell out…

[newbibuilder]

Look at meinier. Is frame are cheap but quality seems pretty good from reviews her and my experience. They do pre built bike and you can probably try to negotiate some

Something like that:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLvVLqD

Seraph has some good options for fully built bike. But be aware that even fully built bike probably need dissembling, lubricating in all the good places…

You can downgrade to ltwoo gr9 and to aluminum wheels to get in budget.

To make the most of the coupon you may have to ask him to split the order into 2-3 so you maximize discount. It’s a bit of a pity though because with 1500$ you can definitely built the same bike or better. Maybe ask around independent bike shops locally if they could put it together for you. May just cost you 150-200$


Another option, our resident media influencer, Patrick, was complaining he had plenty of craps no one wants to buy, maybe you can work out some good deal on closet parts sell out…

How can I get in touch with Patrick

[Ludo]

This is our rockstar:
https://chinertown.com/index.php?action=profile;u=5309