Ridgeback's Rapide range of bikes is the brand's highly successful staple range of versatile all-rounders. These bikes are good value but high quality British designed bikes either lightly equipped with rack and mudguards, or in naked, more sporty trim.
We like them for their smart understated styling; their general lack of suspension forks - which we feel to be unecessary for this type; and their more consistent use of high quality Shimano parts than you will find on other brands.
Encompassing fifteen models ranging from £250 to £650, there is a bike to suit all requirements and budgets.
The Ridgeback Comet women's is an unequipped hybrid sitting above the Motion in the Ridgeback heirarchy with plenty of Shimano gears and an adjustable handlebar stem to give you a choice of riding positions. Its light and strong wheelset rolls fast, shod with the pucture resistant Continental Contact tyres. While still largely comfort-oriented, the Comet can be used for utility trips and is ideal as a budget base for an equipped child carrier when a rack-mounted seat is chosen.
Frame type: Contemporary women's
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