a bikes a bikes

[paddypete]

I suspect it is just a matter of time!

yes well you will have no one to rattle your cage,or maybe soup will come back

 

[Gravity Aided]

 

[paddypete]

I suspect it is just a matter of time!

then who would win all the trophies

 

[classic33]

Do you mind if I join you?

I think you're doing the right thing. After all Boris's lockring has messed with the CoG, thereby giving him an unstable platform.

 

[Learnincurve]

That's not true.

Actually it is, check out http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...51_categoryId_165555_langId_-1_MFName_Raleigh

The hybrids are 16kg-19kg and all have low end kit on them and are at a premium price, this is unacceptable. A cheap bottom of the range hybrid should come in at 15kg max. Ridgeback/giant/trek equivalents are all around 13kg and come to £400-£500. Even the scraping of the barrel Halfords own brands that are damn near identical would set you back £150.

Road bikes are average at best and you are looking at a £200-£500 premium on them just for the badge, cannondale and even specilized solidly whomp them for value for money.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

at 5 mph it will take you's a day to get here,when you take into acount the time it takes to make yourselfs pretty

We are permanently pretty

jif i ever get kicked from this forum

Why? Have you been naughty?

 

[paddypete]

We are permanently pretty

Why? Have you been naughty?

im always naughty,even when i'm being good

 

[paddypete]

Perhaps, with the money you've saved by buying secondhand, you could buy yourself some grammar and punctuation?

no i would rather spend it on booz,burds and song and squander the rest

 

[AndyRM]

Actually it is, check out http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...51_categoryId_165555_langId_-1_MFName_Raleigh

The hybrids are 16kg-19kg and all have low end kit on them and are at a premium price, this is unacceptable. A cheap bottom of the range hybrid should come in at 15kg max. Ridgeback/giant/trek equivalents are all around 13kg and come to £400-£500. Even the scraping of the barrel Halfords own brands that are damn near identical would set you back £150.

Road bikes are average at best and you are looking at a £200-£500 premium on them just for the badge, cannondale and even specilized solidly whomp them for value for money.

I disagree.

Stated weights are no guarantee of the actual weight. And at the bottom of the range what does it matter, really?

As for road bikes, if you compare the Airlite, Synapse and Allez at the same price point, they're pretty evenly specced.

 

[Learnincurve]

@AndyRM maybe you missread, those Raleigh hybrids are bottom of the range specs with top of the range prices, you can see them in the same price range and weights on tesco as well and yes those weights are accurate. I lifted a couple of them in halfords and couldn't believe how much they weighed and checked online later - frames seem to be hewn from pig iron.

 

[AndyRM]

@AndyRM maybe you missread, those Raleigh hybrids are bottom of the range specs with top of the range prices, you can see them in the same price range and weights on tesco as well and yes those weights are accurate. I lifted a couple of them in halfords and couldn't believe how much they weighed and checked online later - frames seem to be hewn from pig iron.

Nope, I just disagree. Weight aside, Raleigh's bikes are similarly specced with other brands at various price points.

 

[LimeBurn]

Just noticed that there are 7 pages of discussion yet only 2 forum members have actually liked the original post - makes me think that most on here dont agree that a bike is just a bike - me for one.

 

[classic33]

Just noticed that there are 7 pages of discussion yet only 2 forum members have actually liked the original post - makes me think that most on here dont agree that a bike is just a bike - me for one.

He's even quoting himself.