Bike for a new secondary school student

[vickster]

Sorry to keep firing links. Might this be a passably good option? I suppose I'm partly attracted to the idea of secondhand for environmental reasons.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/599921594936127?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:517b5b78-08ed-44b1-af7f-4bbe7816f9d7

Best to post a screen shot, not everyone uses Facebook

 

[TFP_SA]

Best to post a screen shot, not everyone uses Facebook

 

[All uphill]

Looks OK to me; budget for a new chain and service, and off you go (so long as your son approves).

 

[biggs682]

@TFP_SA have you asked your son what style of bike he want's ?
He is just getting to an age where what things look like and what brand they are matter to a lot of kids ,i am not saying your lad is like that but has to be worth asking

 

[cyberknight]

The axle is a renamed subway , good solid bikes when i had one

 

[TFP_SA]

Thanks all. I was [near enough] blown away by the speed and depth of response I got on this.

I spoke to the bloke in Putney selling the £90 bike, he seemed totally legit [a schoolteacher], I paid up, the bike seemed totally OK but I will get it serviced anyway, there's an inexpensive place near me which seems to have an OK reputation. Looks like a successful quest all round. Fingers crossed now that it doesn't pack up on his first commute...

 

[vickster]

Thanks all. I was [near enough] blown away by the speed and depth of response I got on this.

I spoke to the bloke in Putney selling the £90 bike, he seemed totally legit [a schoolteacher], I paid up, the bike seemed totally OK but I will get it serviced anyway, there's an inexpensive place near me which seems to have an OK reputation. Looks like a successful quest all round. Fingers crossed now that it doesn't pack up on his first commute...

It’s a solid pushbike and a mile presumably flat journey, it won’t give up!
(The worst is he fluffs the gears and the chain comes off or he gets a puncture, make sure he knows how to handle these)