Cheap SS Bike

[Hacienda71]

Just noticed these http://cyclesdirect.com/justarrived.php seem a bit cheaper than elsewhere on the net. I know they aren't particularly high spec but hey what do you expect for £199

 

[colinr]

Ooh, high pressure tyres!

 

[Alien8]

I think the fact it comes in eight colours should tell you enough.

 

[chris667]

Create bikes. Again. The owner keeps posing as satisfied customers, and sending links to his website.

If, by some chance, you're not the owner of this business, you will get a much better quality secondhand fixed gear for £200. Just go along to your local club, and put an advert in their magazine.

If you are the owner of this business, why are you doing this? It makes you look dishonest. And who wants to trade with someone who is dishonest?

 

[Hacienda71]

Create bikes. Again. The owner keeps posing as satisfied customers, and sending links to his website.

If, by some chance, you're not the owner of this business, you will get a much better quality secondhand fixed gear for £200. Just go along to your local club, and put an advert in their magazine.

If you are the owner of this business, why are you doing this? It makes you look dishonest. And who wants to trade with someone who is dishonest?

I hardly think i am the owner of create bikes, I just saw this at sportdirect while loking for a pair of running shoes my wife wants, googled the bike and they seem to be a little bit more expensive on other sites. If i was the owner i wouldn't refer to them as cheap and not high spec. The fixie i am building is based on a 79 steel merckx frame. If you are worried you can look at my other posts. Me thinks you are a little paranoid about this!

 

[chris667]

My apologies.

He is on here quite a lot, though. Just do a search for Create bikes.

 

[Hacienda71]

Fair enough seen what you mean re a couple of other threads. I assume therefore that they are the BSO of the ss world

 

[hubgearfreak]

BSOs are famously 49, 69 or 99 pounds and that's with many gears and sometimes suspension.
i imagine that it's feasable to make a £200 single speed that's partway decent.
whether create have done so i couldn't comment, as i've never ridden one or even seen one

 

[4F]

26" wheels and 700 x 23 tyres, how does that work ? What a heap of ****

 

[hubgearfreak]

26" wheels and 700 x 23 tyres, how does that work ?

it won't work, much more likely to be a typing error

 

[Rob3rt]

No branded parts, at least dont disclose the brands

The wheels are deep section aero rims, ive never seen a pair of aero rims that could be built up into a decent pair of wheels (hub, spokes etc) for less than £150 (velocity deep v, hub, spokes and build will be knocking on £200 in my neck of the woods) nevermind a full bike for £200, either the frame is utter sh*t or the wheels are made from tinfoil. Although, Ill retract this if someone has seen cheap aero rims like those on these bikes, or deeper that arent total crap, If you have please tell, before I go paying £250 for a pair of wheels built up on B43 rims.

Personally, I wouldnt trust them, I paid £330 for my fuji track, it came with pretty bunk wheels, no brakes, fuji own branded parts and some Ritchey bits (headset), I'd consider this all pretty low end entry level stuff.

For £200 what are you going to be getting, bearing in mind they also have giving brakes etc, so more componentry for 2/3rd the price of an already low level entry level bike.

Spec Langster or Fuji Track or a refurb/DIY build ftw.

 

[Brahan]

Saddle - Narrow type with soft feel top. What a spec!

 

[BigSteev]

"Track bikes were originally designed for the West Indian community coming to New York in the 1960's"

So track bikes weren't originally designed for the track then? What a fortunate co-incidence that they called them track bikes then.

Not that you'd want to go anywhere near a track on one of those.

 

[Brahan]

Hah