£80!!!!!

[briank]

Indexed!
Waddya want that for?
Is your car an automatic?
Nice pair of Mavic Retrofriction levers and you'll soon get the hang of judging the lever movement without the clicks.

 

[MrGrumpy]

a chap at work bought a bike for the wilmslow triathlon for £80 from decathlon. saw it today, it's a heavy steel bike (heavier, i think, than my 531 winter bike) with downtube shifters.

i was going to give him advice on how to upgrade it, but i'm not sure that it's worth doing anything more than getting clipless pedals and shoes. i would never go back to downtube shifters, but the cost of upgrading to even shimano sora would be, imo, not worth the expense when you can get an alu framed, sora equipped bike for under £300 these days.

wotcha think?

be quite funny if he whipped everyones ass on that steed

 

[yenrod]

be quite funny if he whipped everyones ass on that steed

Well at least the wheels go round !

 

[alecstilleyedye]

be quite funny if he whipped everyones ass on that steed

he managed a creditable 47 minutes, and 1:27 for the whole thing.

i did the cycle leg (only, as part of a team relay) in 42.18 minutes, possibly the best time of the non-TT specific bikes.

 

[andyfromotley]

He's going to have to face facts....... you cant polish a turd.

andy