What is a pavement bike!!!

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Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
 

tonyw

Active Member
Location
west midlands
perhaps would be prudent to say don't spend loads of your hard earned cash into a bike which you may not want to use considering recent british weather, why not get something 2nd hand or cheap can always trade it in on a new one if you enjoy doing it.
 
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dorothy

dorothy

Regular
Location
birmingham , uk
giving that the roads etc in england are dangerous and there are so many ignorant people , maybe I should move back to scotland least know the cycle paths etc are not full of anglers or roads full of eejits as we have proper cycle paths on the road which takes up 1/3 of the road which is the legal requirement but most choose to ignore here.............very disgruntled now as was told this was a friendly site and was recommended:sad:
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
giving that the roads etc in england are dangerous and there are so many ignorant people , maybe I should move back to scotland least know the cycle paths etc are not full of anglers or roads full of eejits as we have proper cycle paths on the road which takes up 1/3 of the road which is the legal requirement but most choose to ignore here.............very disgruntled now as was told this was a friendly site and was recommended:sad:

I think you'll find there are lots of peeps on here who are willing to give good advice and the benefit of their experience. Hang around a bit, dig a bit deeper. #friendsofdorothy possibly :smile:
 

Shaun

Founder
Moderator
I've also moved your thread to Beginners Dorothy where you'll hopefully get a broader range of bike suggestions.
 
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dorothy

dorothy

Regular
Location
birmingham , uk
Thank you Shaun, Fnaar and Tiny, I am not that confident, but would welcome serious suggestions.
 
Location
Salford
Not a very gracious welcome.

If Dorothy isn't confident riding on the road and wants a bike that will take bumping up and down curbs until she's ready to tackle roads - then what would you, genuinely, recommend?
Give over!

The OP's location is given as in the US and I tried to clarify whether there was a semantic issue but apparently not.

The OP wants a "pavement bike" and we have established there is no such thing after asking politely for clarification of the meaning of "pavement" in the context.
 

Shaun

Founder
Moderator
The OP has not given her location as the US - Google has defaulted to Birmingham, Alabama on the map link because UK isn't specifically mentioned in the location text. :thumbsup:

The OP is also looking for friendly advice so a bit of patience and teasing out what she needs would be a better approach than posting a troll smiley.
 

vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Location
Meanwood, Leeds
Not a very gracious welcome.

If Dorothy isn't confident riding on the road and wants a bike that will take bumping up and down curbs until she's ready to tackle roads - then what would you, genuinely, recommend?


I would genuinely recommend that she gets herself some cycle training to give her confidence to ride on the road.

'Pavement cycle' c'mon the fault is as much the OP's as it is the respondees. Incorporating towpath anglers and their obstructions, a contentious thread in itself, into her speil did little to identify the query as a bona fide one.

If I wanted advice on a specific subject, I'd ask a straightforward question rather than dress it up in ancilliary issues which masked the sincerity of the request.

You've met me Shaun and you know that I am a genial person. There was a genuine misunderstanding of the purpose of the OP's request. it also appears that I was not the only one to misunderstand her question.
 
Location
Salford
Shaun, I think you are wrong, but if I am wrong then the OP has my apologies.

@ the OP, it is not legal to ride your bike anywhere in Scotland, riding on the pavement is not legal. There is no such thing as a pavement bike. If you have been troubled by people riding on the pavement then they are nobbers and you have a right to be disgruntled; they did not have "pavement bikes", they had bikes on the pavement.
 

Shaun

Founder
Moderator
Okay, well let's give Dorothy a bit of space to get to know us (and define what sort of bike she wants and where/how she intends to cycle it) and hopefully we can help her and she'll appreciate the support and advice. :thumbsup:
 
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