Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
A very good point. Maybe a sun forum is required?.
But do users of top of the range helmets view helmets from Tesco's as HSOs?
But do users of top of the range helmets view helmets from Tesco's as HSOs?
Surely all helmets are HSOs? They are objects and shaped like helmets .But do users of top of the range helmets view helmets from Tesco's as HSOs?
I think there's a whiff of snobbery or imagined intellectual superiority about your behaviour on this thread.
I'm disappointed that you think it is funny ... for me BSO's make me angry because shops are even allowed to sell them in the first place. It isn't the fault of the person who buys them whether due to funds or lack of knowledge.
If you buy a BSO knowing it is one and prepared to try and use your skill to maintain/improve it that is fine ... but bicycles should be fit for the purpose without having to upgrade/replace components to make them work - as many of the people who do buy them don't have that knowledge/skill.
I agree. To my knowledge cars have to meet a minimum criteria before being allowed to be sold in this country. I wish it was the same for bikes.
I do ride a bso its a specialized sirrus sport
I've just bought a prestine Peugeot Carbolite 12 speed with indexed gears for £25. It looks like a brand new bike despite being at least 20 years old, everything works and with a full re-lube and possibly replacement tyres as the originals are a bit perished, I hope to sell it on with a few quid profit. It should give someone a good few years of reliable cycling. It's pretty light and reponsive as well, more so than I was expecting.£100 can buy you a great bike second hand. Many people spend £200+ on a half decent bike, ride it a few times and then sell it for £100. I've seen loads of nearly new bikes on ebay from Giant, Trek, Specialized for £100. They are mostly the Hybrid type bikes with 700c wheels and low end Shimano components, but still far superior to the stuff knocked out by Asda etc..
Many of these BSOs appear for sale as job lots on ebay because they have been returned to the retailer as faulty and passed to wholesalers to dispose of.
This week I saw a super 1990s Raleigh Elan (one owner from new) Reynolds 501 lugged frame sell for £60
1980s Raleigh Clubman 531 tubes and forks £60
Proper bikes for no money
I would never call anything made by specialized a BSO. Would anyone else here do so?
There must already be some sort of standard. A few of my bikes have "meets with BS ?????" type stickers so there must be a British standard which they need to meet.
I would never call anything made by specialized a BSO. Would anyone else here do so?
Of course not no.
and yet ironically the OP does ???