Ridgeback are a mid market UK bike brand owned by Madison Cycles, the UK distributor of Shimano. Founded in the 1980s, Ridgeback were pioneers of mountain bikes in the UK. They are known for their smart, simple designs that are appropriate for UK condidtions. Ridgebacks are high quality bikes made in Taiwan - which in our opinion, is by far the most preferable production centre in terms of quality and value. We like them for their fairly conservative design philosophy that eschews bling in favour of understated functionality.
Best for: lots of light hybrids without suspension; steel touring bikes and smart, light kid's bikes.
Ridgeback Speed Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£299.99
The Speed gives you most of the things that you expect from a modern bike at a reasonable price. It will get you around in reasonable speed and comfort. It is very light for the price,...
Ridgeback Motion Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£249.99
The Motion is the entry-level bike in the Rapide range and our cheapest adult's bike. It is a high quality budget bike aimed at the recreational cyclist, equipped with 21 speed Shimano...
Ridgeback Comet Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£329.99
The Ridgeback Comet 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....
Ridgeback Meteor Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£379.99
The Ridgeback Meteor is a lightly-equipped bike for light commuting or utility use, owing to its full length mudguards and rear rack, combined with Shimano Acera 24 speed gearing and...
Ridgeback Velocity Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£379.99
The Ridgeback Velocity is the brand's first step onto the ladder of rugged and sporty hybrids, introducing a lightweight double-butted aluminium frame propelled and stopped by Shimano's dependable...
Ridgeback Velocity Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£379.99
The Women's Velocity introduces a lightweight double butted aluminium frame with open-frame geometry and reduced dimensions to give low stand-over height and lower reach. Propelled and stopped by...
Ridgeback Element Men's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£529.99
The Ridgeback Element is a classy, stealthy sports machine based around a lightweight double-butted aluminium frame, coupled with a stiff and light carbon fork. This super-light frame is complimented...
Ridgeback Supernova
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£649.99
The Ridgeback Supernova is the pinnacle of the Rapide range. It will leave you smiling and breathless. It might encourage you to race lycra-clad club riders in your work clothes, carrying...
Ridgeback Avenida 3 Men's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£349.99
The Ridgeback Avenida 3 is still the brand's most affordable hub geared machine. Using Shimano's reliable Nexus Inter 3 hub to give a reasonably useable spread of twist selected gears, this is a...
Ridgeback Avenida 3 Women's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£349.99
The Ridgeback Avenida 3 is still our most afordable hub-geared machine. Using Shimano's reliable Nexus Inter 3 hub to give a reasonably useable spread of twist selected gears, this is a solid,...
Ridgeback Avenida 7 Men's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£499.99
The Ridgeback Avenida 7 is a useable and versatile town bike for under £500. The evergreen Nexus Inter 7 gear hub replaces 2009's Inter 8. This replacement allowed Ridgeback to maintain...
Ridgeback Avenida 7 Women's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£499.99
The Ridgeback Avenida 7 is a respectable, useable and versatile town bike for under £500. The evergreen Nexus Inter 7 gear hub is called to action in place of 2009's Inter 8. This...
Ridgeback Avenida 8D Men's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£699.99
Topping the Metro range is the Ridgeback Avenida 8D, which takes the light weight comfort of its junior siblings in the range and adds liberal dashes of reduced maintenance and big dollops of light,...
Ridgeback Avenida 8D Women's
Ridgeback
Town Bikes: Comfort
£699.99
Topping the Metro range is the Ridgeback Avenida 8D, which takes the light weight comfort of its junior siblings in the range and adds liberal dashes of reduced maintenance and big dollops of...
Ridgeback Avenida 6 Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£289.99
The Ridgeback Avenida 6 is the new entry level bike in the Metro range. In an effort to offer a bike below £300, the British designers have come up with this, a 6 speed Shimano derailleur...
Ridgeback Horizon
Ridgeback
Touring Bikes
£699.99
The Ridgeback Horizon is a multi-purpose mile-muncher. The only frame in the range not using steel, this frame is made with double-butted aluminium tubes and is coupled with a carbon fibre fork to...
Ridgeback Century
Ridgeback
Touring Bikes
£799.99
The Ridgeback Century is a new and much-anticipated addition to the World range: a steel framed light tourer or Audax / sportive bike. The frame is made from Reynolds 520 double-butted chromoly steel...
Ridgeback Voyage
Ridgeback
Touring Bikes
£699.99
The Ridgeback Voyage has been a roaring success for a couple of years and, as far as we have found, thoroughly deserved its plaudits. A classic tourer with butted Reynolds 520 steel frame (same as...
Ridgeback Panorama
Ridgeback
Touring Bikes
£1,199.99
The Ridgeback Panorama is the top bike in the World range and elder sibling to the Voyage. At its heart is a frame made from butted Reynolds 725 tubing, light yet strong enough to pull off...
Ridgeback Scoot/Zooom
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£89.99
Avoiding stabilisers is the best thing you can do for your child when he or she is learning to ride a bike...
The Ridgeback Scoot is a simple and elegant balance bike that allows a child...
Ridgeback MX14
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£109.99
The MX14 is your 3 to 5 year old child’s first proper bike with real chainset and pedals, proper brakes front and rear, with reach-adjustable brake levers and brake dampers to make sure they...
Ridgeback Honey 14" girls
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£109.99
The Honey is your 3 to 5 year old girl's first proper bike with real chainset and pedals, proper brakes front and rear, with reach-adjustable brake levers and brake dampers to make sure they don't...
Ridgeback MX16 boys
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£119.99
The MX16 may well be your child's first proper bike after a balance bike like a Scoot and is suitable for 4 to 6 year olds. It's very light with quality components: proper V-brakes front and rear,...
Ridgeback Melody 16" girls
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£119.99
The Melody may well be your girl's first proper bike after a balance bike like a Scoot and is suitable for 4 to 6 year olds. It's very light with quality components: proper V-brakes front and rear,...
Ridgeback MX20 boys
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£199.99
The MX20 will suit 6 to 8 year olds. At this age it's worth having gears, but not too many, so it comes with five speeds operated by a simple twistgrip. Now at least they can keep up with you. Front...
Ridgeback Harmony 20" girls
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£199.99
The Harmony will suit 6 to 8 year old girls. At this age it's worth having gears, but not too many, so it come with five speeds operated by a simple twistgrip. Now at least they can keep up with...
Ridgeback MX24 boys
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£219.99
The MX24 will suit a child of between 8 to 11 years old, depending on their height. Gears arrive on the scene in a big way at this age with 21 of them. A light frame with loads of clearance,...
Ridgeback Destiny 24" girls
Ridgeback
Kids' Bikes
£219.99
The Destiny will suit girls of between 8 and 11 years old. At this age they suddenly get lots of gears - 21 in this case, which will mean they should be able to make it up any hill that competitive...
Ridgeback Rendezvous
Ridgeback
Folding Bikes
£269.99
The Ridgeback Rendezvous is our cheapest folding bike and therefore quite popular. Its simple reliable spec has provided dependable transport to many canal boaters and caravanners, as well as...
Ridgeback Envoy
Ridgeback
Folding Bikes
£379.99
The Ridgeback Envoy is a folder built by Dahon, offering a reasonable weight saving on the entry level Rendezvous in the range, by virtue largely of its lighter cromoly steel frame, but also of its...
Ridgeback Attache
Ridgeback
Folding Bikes
£569.99
Another bike built by Dahon, the Ridgeback Attache boasts a light weight doube-butted aluminium frame and features at its heart the ever reliable Shimano Nexus Inter 7 hub gear. Useful in its own...
Ridgeback Speed Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£299.99
The Speed gives you most of the things that you expect from a modern bike at a reasonable price. It will get you around in reasonable speed and comfort. It is very light for the price,...
Ridgeback Meteor Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£379.99
The Ridgeback Meteor is a lightly-equipped bike for light commuting or utility use, owing to its full length mudguards and rear rack, combined with Shimano Acera 24 speed gearing and...
Ridgeback Motion Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Comfort
£249.99
The Motion open frame is the entry-level bike in the Rapide range and our cheapest adult's bike. It is a high quality budget bike with a women's frame aimed at the recreational...
Ridgeback Comet Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£329.99
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...
Ridgeback Element Women's
Ridgeback
Hybrids: Sporty
£529.99
The Ridgeback Element Women's is a classy, stealthy sports machine based around a lightweight aluminium frame, coupled with a stiff and light carbon fork. This super-light ladies semi-step-through...