Is the Ridgeback a MTB? I know Town Bikes use them a lot and on such bikes they are not an issue. On a MTB [ridden of road] one is forever having to realign the wheel and bars.My Ridgeback velocity has a quill stem and quite a few other bikes do on its own its not a bad thing but putting all the other things described and its a BSO. Briefly riding a bike doesn't tell you much about it IMHO
Is the Ridgeback a MTB? I know Town Bikes use them a lot and on such bikes they are not an issue. On a MTB [ridden of road] one is forever having to realign the wheel and bars.
That's ok then. Thought I had stepped into an alternate dimention for a secMy velocity is a town bike but Ridgeback make a range of bikes from mtb to tourer but I wouln't be surprise if their Mtb's have aheadsets.
I have to say if I was after a town bike it would be a Ridgeback. They ride so well and are a dream to work onMy velocity is a town bike but Ridgeback make a range of bikes from mtb to tourer but I wouln't be surprise if their Mtb's have aheadsets.
Edit: it doesnt look like they've change much since I bought mine.
I have to say if I was after a town bike it would be a Ridgeback. They ride so well and are a dream to work onMy velocity is a town bike but Ridgeback make a range of bikes from mtb to tourer but I wouln't be surprise if their Mtb's have aheadsets.
Edit: it doesnt look like they've change much since I bought mine.
Appolo - It is sold as a MTB. It is not one. It is a BSO. Quill stems on a MTB are like cross ply tyres on a car.
I refuse to give any respect to a bike that is made to look like something it is not. It is not fit for purpose as a MTB. As for snobbary I have a £200 road bike that is not a BSO and a £1400 MTB. Price is not the issue. Fitness for purpose is. If it akin to a festival tent. You can get one for under £20 and are great, until it rains and you realise why you should have paid for a double skined tent.Regardless of nomenclature.
These cheap rubbish bikes are what we all learnt on and what , apart from the lofty few with their £xK bikes, they are what most people use today. These cheap rubbish bikes are in fact the life blood of cycling and it dosnt behove anyone to sneer at them.
For you or i to deride cheap bikes is like the queen turning to prince philip and saying about you or me - look at that man in his grotty little hso. Earth to queen - thats how we all live and it dosnt behove us to throw stones in our own shared glasshouse.
I just think some degree of respect and acknowledgement is due.
Regardless of nomenclature.
These cheap rubbish bikes are what we all learnt on and what , apart from the lofty few with their £xK bikes, they are what most people use today. These cheap rubbish bikes are in fact the life blood of cycling and it dosnt behove anyone to sneer at them.
For you or i to deride cheap bikes is like the queen turning to prince philip and saying about you or me - look at that man in his grotty little hso. Earth to queen - thats how we all live and it dosnt behove us to throw stones in our own shared glasshouse.
I just think some degree of respect and acknowledgement is due.
Amen to that. The BSO thread is still open I believe.****in hell here we go again, can we get off it in this thread please? We all did it to death last week...
We all thought it was dead but like Arnold Schzwartsenager in the terminator its come back to life. Everybody run for your lives.****in hell here we go again, can we get off it in this thread please? We all did it to death last week...
Why quote abo and then use my nickname at the end of your post?We all thought it was dead but like Arnold Schzwartsenager in the terminator its come back to life. Everybody run for your lives.
Astella vista afs.
What do you mean - is it against protocol or something. Is it against the rules to kill 2 birds with the one post.Why quote abo and then use my nickname at the end of your post?
It just looks like you've confused the quote and the author.What do you mean - is it against protocol or something. Is it against the rules to kill 2 birds with the one post.
It just looks like you've confused the quote and the author.