biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Yes a few times but not so far .
Doing it again next Friday
but only 20 miles
Doing it again next Friday
but only 20 miles
Buy a bike and cycle it home?
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frazzled
Active Member
Done this once, when living in Norfolk. It was probably only 40 miles though (and nice and flat).
No problems but, i knew the seller. He is a mechanic and very fastidious, so no worries about it being fit for purpose. Don't think I'd attempt it if not knowing who I was dealing with.
Upthread was a mention of taking your own saddle. Back then I'd never have thought of that, but it's a good point.
My sister is not much of a cyclist, but was given a Scott Contessa which is a lovely bike, but the saddle really is like a razor blade.
With fuel prices as they are she wants to cycle more, and encourage her daughter too. She mentioned the saddle on my bike being so much more comfortable than hers. When I said that you can pretty much put any saddle on any bike, she reacted like I'd found a practical application for nuclear fusion
No problems but, i knew the seller. He is a mechanic and very fastidious, so no worries about it being fit for purpose. Don't think I'd attempt it if not knowing who I was dealing with.
Upthread was a mention of taking your own saddle. Back then I'd never have thought of that, but it's a good point.
My sister is not much of a cyclist, but was given a Scott Contessa which is a lovely bike, but the saddle really is like a razor blade.
With fuel prices as they are she wants to cycle more, and encourage her daughter too. She mentioned the saddle on my bike being so much more comfortable than hers. When I said that you can pretty much put any saddle on any bike, she reacted like I'd found a practical application for nuclear fusion
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
With nothing but a multitool and a puncture repair kit?
OP
OP
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
And a peanut butter sandwich, I'm sure.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Don't be silly, he had a bivibag too, and he is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he didn't even put his big coat on.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I've done that, albeit it was only five miles.
Chain dropped off after about a mile, and it was then that I discovered I was (at the age of 18) far better at bike mechanics than my late father...
Incidentally, I still have the bike nearly 29 years later (late 80s steel MTB), although it's been stripped for spares and mostly used for "learning how to do the more fiddly stuff before doing it on the posh bikes"
Chain dropped off after about a mile, and it was then that I discovered I was (at the age of 18) far better at bike mechanics than my late father...
Incidentally, I still have the bike nearly 29 years later (late 80s steel MTB), although it's been stripped for spares and mostly used for "learning how to do the more fiddly stuff before doing it on the posh bikes"
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
If this 21 year old can manage across China on a unicycle you shouldn't have too much of a problem.
View: https://youtu.be/HjI1O11S8KY
View: https://youtu.be/HjI1O11S8KY
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
If there's a train line, I'd do it. But I'm an idiot.
I once got the train to Peterborough to buy a trike, with the intention of riding it back to Stevenage.
I made it as far as Huntington before a comprehensive air of 'Sod that!' forced me to get a train.
That trike weighed the same as a small baby elephant, and had all the aerodynamics of a shed.
I once got the train to Peterborough to buy a trike, with the intention of riding it back to Stevenage.
I made it as far as Huntington before a comprehensive air of 'Sod that!' forced me to get a train.
That trike weighed the same as a small baby elephant, and had all the aerodynamics of a shed.
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Canonbie
If you're confident that they're selling you a bike in reasonable condition then it's not much different to going somewhere and hiring a bike for a day.
HobbesOnTour
Guru
- Location
- España
At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious have you asked the folk at the recycling centre if it's up to a 50 mile ride?
Bring the basics with you, including a few chain links and and short of a calamitous failure you have the makings of an adventure and great story!
Pack a tent and take the long way home
Bring the basics with you, including a few chain links and and short of a calamitous failure you have the makings of an adventure and great story!
Pack a tent and take the long way home
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I recently travelled by train for the first time in years. The return fare was only a few pence more than the single.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
You can get some good deals on train fares. Air fares have had this strange anomaly for quite a few years with return/single prices.
