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Yeah apparently it's a French bike which was marketed for Brazil and Asian countries. I'm getting this one for R5500 which is a tad over my budget but yeah maybe I'm being too hasty. This just catches my eye though and hopefully the equipment/parts is sufficient for me at this stage. Hopefully in 2 or so years I can upgrade when I'm maybe much fitter.

Thank you guys for y'all advice. I live in Gordon's Bay, Western Cape and it's a very hilly area but beautiful roads along the mountain and sea. I don't plan doing off road but yeah I hear what y'all are saying. So I'm confused now as to what to do. My concern is not being able to keep up with the group when out cycling.

Hi to all here. I'm new to this forum and new to cycling (meaning I don't know the cycling jargon). I recently started cycling to lose a lot of weight and get in shape. I currently have an Avalanche GT 2.0 MTB which has got me working my legs and lungs. I started off riding 5/6 km's as my body is really weak. I steadily got up to riding 12/14 km's rides. I always was alone as I didn't want to be a drag for the seasoned cyclists. This past weekend a friend invited me to join him and his bud for a short ride, short ride being 25 km's - WOW!!! I made it but it was a struggle as my body is still weak as mentioned and my bike struggled to get to speed which the other guys wanted to keep. So with this, I decided to change to a road bike and saw something I liked, that being a "Tropix Madrid". So after my long long story I wanted to inquire as to whether y'all might know this make bike and if this is a good bike for me to start off with. I'm hoping it'll be a bit easier/better going on the road with this bike rather than my current MTB bike. Y'all help will be greatly appreciated.