Carbon fibre frame and forks bike weighing 12 kilos

[Accy cyclist]

Following on from the Tesco bikes in a skip and BSO chat,why is this "bargain bike" so heavy?

http://www.sportsdirect.com/muddyfo...indow&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_campaign=awin

 

[Globalti]

Cheap finishing kit and wheels. It's got Tiagra so should work OK though.

 

[Hacienda71]

With that spec approx weight must be very approx!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'd be very surprised if that weighed 12 kilos. I could put a budget aluminium framed bike together that would come in well under that.

 

[jefmcg]

It's also for ages 12 and up. How many 12 year olds have a 28" inseam?

 

[uphillstruggler]

I reckon its all the previous price tags weighing it down

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Perhaps the scales weren't set to zero - unlike like the staff hours.

 

[biggs682]

you can get a good steelie for less than that weight

 

[fossyant]

you can get a good steelie for less than that weight

9kgs my two from 20 plus years ago !

 

[biggs682]

9kgs my two from 20 plus years ago !

exactly and still worth more £

 

[Smokin Joe]

you can get a good steelie for less than that weight

Steel gets lighter with age too.

Rust weighs nothing.

 

[G3CWI]

I wouldnt by a bike from Sports Direct. So much of their stuff is tat.

 

[Citius]

It's also for ages 12 and up. How many 12 year olds have a 28" inseam?

There are some...

 

[Citius]

I wouldnt by a bike from Sports Direct. So much of their stuff is tat.

There's nothing particularly wrong with this bike as it is. You will see many bikes just like it in the lower end of many manufacturers' product ranges. It's quite likely that whichever factory is producing this bike for SD is also producing similar models in different colours or with different decals for a load of other vendors.

 

[jefmcg]

There are some...

Yeah, but not enough to pitch these at 12 year olds. Parents of very tall 12 year olds already know to look in adult ranges for their kids.