Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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What do you guys make of this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCEDES-BENZ...rms=66:2|65:15|39:1|240:1318#ebayphotohosting
MERCEDES BENZ TOURING BIKE
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swee'pea99
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Rather to my surprise I quite like the look of that. I personally wouldn't buy it, if only because I like to work on my own bikes and I don't know anything about belt drives or internal gears - and I suspect if anything did go wrong it might be a bit of a bugger finding someone willing and able to work on it. But I do think it looks quite tasty.
mickle
innit
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It's a touring bike Jim but not as we know it. Seven speed internal on a tourer? Pah! The elevated chainstays which allow the belt to be replaced also allow the bottom bracket to sway disconcertingly from side to side, it's a layout which was tried and abandoned twenty years ago.
More over engineered, overpriced rubbish from a car company. Land Rover push rebadged Pashley's and SAAB launched an equally lame bike last year. I will wager that it's not made in Germany but in Taiwan.
More over engineered, overpriced rubbish from a car company. Land Rover push rebadged Pashley's and SAAB launched an equally lame bike last year. I will wager that it's not made in Germany but in Taiwan.
www.2x2worldwide.com/
This is what Land Rover are doing nowadays.
BMW made a folding bike about ten years ago. A guy at MIRA brought one in (freebies from Germany) and I rode it round the car park.
Collectors item now.
Lates 'Top Gear', spit, spit, ,,, has an article on Motor companies who are building 'badged' bikes.
Would you pay 8950 euros for an 'off the peg' carbon frame, Campag kitted bike with an Alfa Romeo sticker on it?
This is what Land Rover are doing nowadays.
BMW made a folding bike about ten years ago. A guy at MIRA brought one in (freebies from Germany) and I rode it round the car park.
Collectors item now.
Lates 'Top Gear', spit, spit, ,,, has an article on Motor companies who are building 'badged' bikes.
Would you pay 8950 euros for an 'off the peg' carbon frame, Campag kitted bike with an Alfa Romeo sticker on it?
Thanks to my Merc's (I know, I know 
) non-Japanese reliability, I've been a regular at our local dealership since I bought the effing thing. Every time I pop in there's this same Merc-badged hybrid plonked on either an M-class, an E-class estate or any other car to which they wish to apply some lifestyle turd-polish.
It looks a respectable bike but vastly overpriced at £900. Unlike the ebay bike, its all standard components with the usual shimano bits and a chain. I think they just produce these things as a bit of greenwash.
) non-Japanese reliability, I've been a regular at our local dealership since I bought the effing thing. Every time I pop in there's this same Merc-badged hybrid plonked on either an M-class, an E-class estate or any other car to which they wish to apply some lifestyle turd-polish.It looks a respectable bike but vastly overpriced at £900. Unlike the ebay bike, its all standard components with the usual shimano bits and a chain. I think they just produce these things as a bit of greenwash.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Can you move up to a diesel Astra?
mickle
innit
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- 53.933606, -1.076131
Which is about £925 less than retail I would guess.
