| Buying a bike online 16:51 - Apr 4 with 1732 views | Occasional_Showers |
Can anyone recommend a site that’s good value.
I’ve got a specialized racer thing, but I’m not a Lycra clad idiot and want a good light weight mountain bike instead.
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| Buying a bike online on 00:16 - Apr 5 with 1676 views | DorsetIan |
Whyte is the make for you, Ignatius. British made, top notch, and with a name that won’t offend you. |  |
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| Buying a bike online on 09:01 - Apr 5 with 1603 views | Mr_Happy |
Get a Scott pal. |  |
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| Buying a bike online on 10:03 - Apr 5 with 1568 views | DellHero_Would |
That’s a lot of money to splash out on a push bike for someone earning only 16.3k a year. What happened to the Sun holidays and buying budget tat facade that went on for years? | |
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| Buying a bike online on 18:43 - Apr 6 with 1454 views | Mr_Happy |
The Scott voltage is a superb bike, have had one for ten years.
the jump version is better than the mountain bike version off road.
Hand made alloy frame, it's a very sturdy lightweight bike. | |
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| Buying a bike online on 18:45 - Apr 6 with 1449 views | Mr_Happy |
I'd put bigger tyres on if your using it off road, stick some big Kenda's on it. | |
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| Buying a bike online on 20:16 - Apr 6 with 1396 views | Occasional_Showers |
| Buying a bike online on 18:45 - Apr 6 by Mr_Happy |
I'd put bigger tyres on if your using it off road, stick some big Kenda's on it. |
I want one of these saddles. They were the business.
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| Buying a bike online on 20:20 - Apr 6 with 1390 views | Occasional_Showers |
But in terms of coolness, my bmx was the dogs bollocks.
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| Buying a bike online on 12:43 - Apr 7 with 1341 views | cocklebreath |
| Buying a bike online on 20:16 - Apr 6 by Occasional_Showers |
I want one of these saddles. They were the business.
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I had that but in yellow |  |
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| Buying a bike online on 16:36 - Apr 7 with 1292 views | ChopChop |
| Buying a bike online on 12:43 - Apr 7 by cocklebreath |
I had that but in yellow |
My memory of Boxers were that most of them were yellow? |  |
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| Buying a bike online on 16:37 - Apr 7 with 1290 views | ChopChop |
| Buying a bike online on 20:20 - Apr 6 by Occasional_Showers |
But in terms of coolness, my bmx was the dogs bollocks.
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Is that yours? Very smart but surely you took all the padding off when taking it out? | |
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| Buying a bike online on 16:41 - Apr 7 with 1285 views | Occasional_Showers |
| Buying a bike online on 16:37 - Apr 7 by ChopChop |
Is that yours? Very smart but surely you took all the padding off when taking it out? |
Yeh, I had that bike. I can’t remember about the padding, but I remember mine had stunt nuts. Even now 30 odd years on it still looks just as cool as it did back then. | |
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| Buying a bike online on 16:47 - Apr 7 with 1276 views | cocklebreath |
| Buying a bike online on 16:36 - Apr 7 by ChopChop |
My memory of Boxers were that most of them were yellow? |
Yeah that’s what I thought | |
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| Buying a bike online on 17:27 - Apr 7 with 1265 views | UlsterBaz |
| Buying a bike online on 12:43 - Apr 7 by cocklebreath |
I had that but in yellow |
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| Buying a bike online on 17:28 - Apr 7 with 1261 views | UlsterBaz |
| Buying a bike online on 20:20 - Apr 6 by Occasional_Showers |
But in terms of coolness, my bmx was the dogs bollocks.
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| Buying a bike online on 17:51 - Apr 7 with 1244 views | Occasional_Showers |
| Buying a bike online on 16:47 - Apr 7 by cocklebreath |
Yeah that’s what I thought |
Mine was blue. | |
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| Buying a bike online on 21:39 - Apr 7 with 1208 views | this_charming_man |
i had quite a decent bike when i was about 8, then when i grew out of it had the shi*test bike you've ever seen. My dad bought it for about £5 from a bloke in the pub, he brought it home and it was a horrible beige colour so i bought some blue spray paint and did a terrible spray job on it. The brakes and gears didn't work properly, you could hear me coming before you could see me, FFS | |
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| Buying a bike online on 21:58 - Apr 7 with 1201 views | dirk_doone |
| Buying a bike online on 21:39 - Apr 7 by this_charming_man |
i had quite a decent bike when i was about 8, then when i grew out of it had the shi*test bike you've ever seen. My dad bought it for about £5 from a bloke in the pub, he brought it home and it was a horrible beige colour so i bought some blue spray paint and did a terrible spray job on it. The brakes and gears didn't work properly, you could hear me coming before you could see me, FFS |
Back in the 1990s, I bought a top of the range racing bike and took it to all sorts of mountainous national parks, including the Lake District, and discovered that pushing an expensive bike up a mountainside was not the best idea I ever had. I probably needed about 12 gears more than the 12 it already had.
Walking, running and rowing have since transpired to be more sensible ways of keeping fit.
Cyclists seem to die young (knocked down quickly by lorries or slowly driven to death by mountain roads). [Post edited 8 Apr 2020 6:25]
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| Buying a bike online on 22:11 - Apr 7 with 1186 views | Occasional_Showers |
| Buying a bike online on 21:58 - Apr 7 by dirk_doone |
Back in the 1990s, I bought a top of the range racing bike and took it to all sorts of mountainous national parks, including the Lake District, and discovered that pushing an expensive bike up a mountainside was not the best idea I ever had. I probably needed about 12 gears more than the 12 it already had.
Walking, running and rowing have since transpired to be more sensible ways of keeping fit.
Cyclists seem to die young (knocked down quickly by lorries or slowly driven to death by mountain roads). [Post edited 8 Apr 2020 6:25]
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I’ve done a downhill bike ride tour in Spain. It’s brilliant, they put the bikes on a trailer and drive you to the top of a mountain then you just freewheel down. Get to the bottom and they put them back on the trailer and take you to another high point. Stop for lunch and a pint, then do a few more downhill runs. Great fun, [Post edited 7 Apr 2020 22:12]
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| Buying a bike online on 22:18 - Apr 7 with 1177 views | dirk_doone |
| Buying a bike online on 22:11 - Apr 7 by Occasional_Showers |
I’ve done a downhill bike ride tour in Spain. It’s brilliant, they put the bikes on a trailer and drive you to the top of a mountain then you just freewheel down. Get to the bottom and they put them back on the trailer and take you to another high point. Stop for lunch and a pint, then do a few more downhill runs. Great fun, [Post edited 7 Apr 2020 22:12]
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That seems like an equable solution. It was the uphill bits that got to me. I prefer walking now. | |
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