Bike Advice Wanted

My son lives in London and is looking to buy a suitable bike for commuting around the city.
He has a limited budget and will be applying to the ‘Bike 2 Work Scheme’.
Any useful advice welcome.

Clearly it has to be a custom build / retro steel fixie.

Get something cheap and not flashy. Does he have a preference for hybrid or road geared or single speed? there are a lot of options, but I don't think you can go far wrong with Edinburgh Cycles revolution series. I have one of these (gone up in price since I bought it though) very good robust bike

www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolu...ommuter-hybrid-bikes

Get a good d-lock too. In my experience Kryptonite are the best. Avoid Oxford locks.

Depending on what 'limited budget' means, I've been VERY impressed with my Whyte. They also do a flat-barred commuter version, and I'd be considering the Cambridge or Portobello, at £899 and £699 respectively. Road bike with MTB geometry, flat bars, slack head angle and short stem mens stable at speed but easy to manoeuvre at slow speed

rostlr wrote:

Get a good d-lock too. In my experience Kryptonite are the best. Avoid Oxford locks.

I'd be looking at something from Pragmasis. D-locks aren't that good imho. I can maybe work something out with Pragmasis, especially if anyone's interested in their shed-shackle as I know the chap that owns it.

securityforbikes.com/shed-shackle.php
or for chains:
securityforbikes.com/products.php?cat=Ch...8without+padlocks%29

One of the Trek FX range would do the job.

Mine has been a great stead and is very good for the daily commute and can even do a bit of touring and the odd (short) sportive if needed.