Irrational bike snobbery.

[Landslide]

And a Condor beard.

What does one of them look like then?

(And how much will I get over-charged for it?)

 

[dav1d]

You should see the review of one Tescos's bike in the £100 or less bike test in this month's Cycling Plus then! It got 4/10 and buckled within minutes of the rider getting on.

Nuffink wrong with the value range from Tescos. I 'ave one of their shirts on today, innit.

 

[rich p]

You should see the review of one Tescos's bike in the £100 or less bike test in this month's Cycling Plus then! It got 4/10 and buckled within minutes of the rider getting on.

I would have thought that if it buckled in 10 minutes it should have got 0/10.

 

[PrettyboyTim]

You should see the review of one Tescos's bike in the £100 or less bike test in this month's Cycling Plus then! It got 4/10 and buckled within minutes of the rider getting on.

How the hell can a bike buckle shortly after the rider gets on and still get 4 out of 10?

 

[Chris James]

I seem to recall it was one wheel that buckled / went out of true.

 

[dav1d]

I seem to recall it was one wheel that buckled / went out of true.

Yeah, sorry, it was only one wheel. The back wheel, which matters more than if the front one was buckled I think.I would have given it 0/10 myself as if it buckles within minutes, it's not going to last long, and you could end up stuck somewhere.

 

[4F]

You should see the review of one Tescos's bike in the £100 or less bike test in this month's Cycling Plus then! It got 4/10 and buckled within minutes of the rider getting on.

That is a good piece on why not to buy a bso and how a second hand old road bike is still good value for money.

 

[Chris James]

Yeah, sorry, it was only one wheel. The back wheel, which matters more than if the front one was buckled I think.I would have given it 0/10 myself as if it buckles within minutes, it's not going to last long, and you could end up stuck somewhere.

Oh yes, it's certainly a piece of cr@p. In the interests of fairness most of the other bikes they picked up for buttons also needed some work doing on the wheels.

I doubt anyone who buys a bike for £100 from Tesco goes any great distance on it, so the walk home would probably be a salutary lesson rather than a disaster!

 

[dav1d]

Oh yes, it's certainly a piece of cr@p. In the interests of fairness most of the other bikes they picked up for buttons also needed some work doing on the wheels.

I doubt anyone who buys a bike for £100 from Tesco goes any great distance on it, so the walk home would probably be a salutary lesson rather than a disaster!

Think the bike was £40. I bought a bike for around £45 from Woolworths before it all started going bust in a sale. The only time it got buckled was when my brother used it trying to show off with his stunt riding (it wasn't a stunt bike, it was a normal MTB). It had lasted me over a year on regular 20 mile (40 really, as 20 was each way) rides, and usually daily use, and didn't have one problem wrong with it, not even a single puncture until I lent it to my brother. Lol maybe I could have passed the £100 bike challenge with 10/10!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I buy a bike if it's well-made and does the job. I changed my opinion of Treks for the same reason Kirstie did. I have seen some great Specialized bikes too - the Tricross is a very well designed and thought-out machine.

I've ended up with the things I have through personal recommendation and luck - the fact that they are mostly unusual is just chance. The Brompton was probably the best thing I have bought though - and that was by accident too. I don't understand the antipathy of many of the British cycling fraternity to it. Perhaps people like Roger who spend their lives combing the remains of failed British companies don't like a British success story?

Personally, however, a bike you can fold up, chuck on a plane or a train in a pretty ordinary bag and not worry about what will happen to it if it gets crushed under other luggage, and that you can get straight on and ride away at the other end with no packaging or massive bags or hard-cases to worry about storing, is exactly what I need a lot of the time. It also looks lovely. And my wife, who has the Japanese appreciation for things that are well-designed and fold up small, loves hers too. So there.