Yes Please!!!

[BretonM]

Hello,
Is this bike a good mountain bike for general commuting but also trail use.
Many thanks,
Breton.

 

[Drago]

Looks to be an excessive amount of exposed seat post?

 

[BretonM]

@Drago
Yes true!
The seller has just told me that the bike has been sold which was rather enfuriating.
I do however like the look of a Land Rover bike.
Do you have any info on it.
Many thanks.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

The only info I can give you is it looks like it's set up for a kid.
I would personally give car manufacturers bikes a wide berth.

 

[ColinJ]

Looks to be an excessive amount of exposed seat post?

Nope - look at the angle of the top tube!

This is what it would look like with a horizontal top tube - perfectly sensible, maybe even NOT ENOUGH seat post exposed!

 

[Drago]

I'm not so much thinking of sizing Colin, but wondering how much of the standard 350mm post is left inserted into the frame. Surely can't be more than 5 or 6 cm in there.

 

[ChrisEyles]

The only info I can give you is it looks like it's set up for a kid.
I would personally give car manufacturers bikes a wide berth.

Unless it's a peugeot I'd tend to agree. The only land rover bikes I've seen up close have looked pretty naff!

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Unless it's a peugeot I'd tend to agree. The only land rover bikes I've seen up close have looked pretty naff!

Good point.
It's a great shame you can't get those now.
Or can you ?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

The only land rover bikes I've seen up close have looked pretty naff!

Oi! I've got a land Rover bike, it's my hefty Boris, he's a big boy!
Joking aside, they are heavy bikes, pretty solid though.
I guess as a proper MB you could buy lighter frames with better components.
My Boris:

 

[Pale Rider]

Unless it's a peugeot I'd tend to agree. The only land rover bikes I've seen up close have looked pretty naff!

Yes, another poorly-judged licensing deal given that Land Rover is a premium vehicle brand.

Having said that, the couple of Land Rover bikes I saw were about £300 and about what you would expect for that money.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Oi! I've got a land Rover bike, it's my hefty Boris, he's a big boy!
Joking aside, they are heavy bikes, pretty solid though.
I guess as a proper MB you could buy lighter frames with better components.
My Boris:
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Oops.
You're a Roadie anyhow,so I'll let you off just this once mind.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm not so much thinking of sizing Colin, but wondering how much of the standard 350mm post is left inserted into the frame. Surely can't be more than 5 or 6 cm in there.

Yes, a very long seat post would be needed; something like THIS.

There is enough length in the seat tube to the bend in it to fit that extra length of post in.

 

[ChrisEyles]

@Pat "5mph" that example looks well loved, so let me rephrase that!

"There's no such thing as a bad bike"