Spotted my first one in the wild! (but no pic)

[Xiorell]

Nipped over to Tesco on lunch and walked passed the bike rack thing outside, had a nose to see what people are riding about on, when I spotted......
.... BACKWARD FORKS!
Was a Reebok branded MTB thing.

Would have taken a snap shot but I'd left me phone at work.

First one I have come across "in the wild" since taking up cycling. Gave me a laugh.

 

[david k]

http://direct.tesco.com/product/images/?R=210-8498


i saw this in the shop yesterday, it is awful

 

[smokeysmoo]

http://direct.tesco....ges/?R=210-8498


i saw this in the shop yesterday, it is awful

That must be a dream to ride* with the position of the bars/shifters









*inject ones own irony level

 

[Wades]

Amazing, that Tesco road 'bike' has 26" wheels and a 700C frame... apparently!

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

http://direct.tesco....ges/?R=210-8498


i saw this in the shop yesterday, it is awful

What is it?
What's it for?
Even the blurb is confused!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

And alongside the one above is a picture of one of these - I spotted one on the road a couple of days ago. The first thing I noticed was that they'd misspelled Vitesse. It was its main feature...

 

[Dan_h]

LOL, I have ridden almost 3000 miles on my misspelled Vittesse this year, including s couple of sportives and Audaxes!!

You need to change the saddle though, appalling thing that comes with it will pretty much kill you!

 

[apollo179]

Nipped over to Tesco on lunch and walked passed the bike rack thing outside, had a nose to see what people are riding about on, when I spotted......
.... BACKWARD FORKS!
Was a Reebok branded MTB thing.

Would have taken a snap shot but I'd left me phone at work.

First one I have come across "in the wild" since taking up cycling. Gave me a laugh.

When you find yourself loitering around tescos bike racks dribling thats when you have to admit you have a problem.

 

[Xiorell]

When you find yourself loitering around tescos bike racks dribling thats when you have to admit you have a problem.

lol.
I'm on about the bit where you lock your bike to if you've gone into the shop, not the bikes for sale.

 

[david k]

its an awful bike to look at never mind ride

 

[apollo179]

lol.
I'm on about the bit where you lock your bike to if you've gone into the shop, not the bikes for sale.

Ha ha. I know you were.
I do the same thing but i have the excuse that im chaining my bike up.

 

[Xiorell]

Ha ha. I know you were.
I do the same thing but i have the excuse that im chaining my bike up.

Never seen anything "nice" there it's always propper beat up old junk. I suppose people might be using a "hack" bike if they're locking it up outside but I'd have thought you'd see the odd nice bike getting used.

I think I may have developed a problem since taking up cycling though. Before I'd have just looked at the colours of the bikes and what ones looked neatest.
Now I look directly at what components people are using and if they are maintained well.

 

[apollo179]

Never seen anything "nice" there it's always propper beat up old junk. I suppose people might be using a "hack" bike if they're locking it up outside but I'd have thought you'd see the odd nice bike getting used.

I think I may have developed a problem since taking up cycling though. Before I'd have just looked at the colours of the bikes and what ones looked neatest.
Now I look directly at what components people are using and if they are maintained well.

Are you insinuating that my bike is a beaten up old hack ?
I did use to go down to tescos on my custom built £5k cannondale but i was put off, not so much by the risk of theft, but by all the drooling bike pervs.

 

[rowan 46]

Are you insinuating that my bike is a beaten up old hack ?
I did use to go down to tescos on my custom built £5k cannondale but i was put off, not so much by the risk of theft, but by all the drooling bike pervs.

I am sorry about that. but you should be able to get back on the cannondale now that I have received my asbo banning me from Tesco

 

[Xiorell]

I did use to go down to tescos on my custom built £5k cannondale but i was put off, not so much by the risk of theft, but by all the drooling bike pervs.

That have back-to-front forks too?