I've finally narrowed down my bike search to the Raleigh brand....mainly because I don't want to spend more than $500 on a new bike. I've now narrowed it down to a Raleigh women's hybrid bike but now my head is spinning as I am reading up on the different hybrids. There is the Route and the Detour and then each of those has different versions. And then there are some other options as well when I search ads for used Raleigh bikes in my area. I've heard good things about the Detour so I'm leaning that way...but not sure about the differences.
Can anyone out there help me narrow this down a bit? I'm looking for a good bike for the following: I'll mainly be riding around my neighborhood pulling my daughter in a Burley trailer. The roads here are mostly flat but I'd like to have something that is easy to ride uphill when the time comes for that. I might do some light trails now and again. I'm more interested in ease of handling and comfort than speed. I also don't want some clanky thing that is going to fall apart the first time I ride over a bump...and I'd like more than three gears.
Can anyone suggest the best Raleigh hybrid for me? Again..I'm trying to stay under $500.
Thank you in advance..
Can anyone out there help me narrow this down a bit? I'm looking for a good bike for the following: I'll mainly be riding around my neighborhood pulling my daughter in a Burley trailer. The roads here are mostly flat but I'd like to have something that is easy to ride uphill when the time comes for that. I might do some light trails now and again. I'm more interested in ease of handling and comfort than speed. I also don't want some clanky thing that is going to fall apart the first time I ride over a bump...and I'd like more than three gears.
Can anyone suggest the best Raleigh hybrid for me? Again..I'm trying to stay under $500.
Thank you in advance..