Australian Road Rider

THE 20K SOLUTION

“…BIKES THAT ARE POWERFUL, GOODLOOKING AND CAPABLE”

You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a great bike. While your dream bike might be north of 40k, the reality is you can probably afford a new bike that will be great to ride and will provide years of reliable service without breaking the bank.

We’ve done our research in the annual Australian Road Rider Bike Buyer’s Guide and chosen 20 grand as a figure which gets us generally out of LAMS and inexpensive machines and into bikes that are powerful, good-looking and capable.

That’s not to say bikes under 20K aren’t worth considering; it’s just we had to make a value judgement at some sort of price point and decided 20k was a nice, affordable, round figure, although the bikes in

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