Don't shout at me but....

[cyberknight]

Cuts by the bike are part of the bonding process between man & bike!

As is getting a nice chain ring oil mark all over your leg at some point
About to go wash my bike , might get chance to go out this afternoon......

 

[defy-one]

Forecast is rain after midday - I'm ready to go,just waiting for the mrs to come back from the shops

 

[GetAGrip]

I got a bike finally...and yes its from Halfords, or it was...

In one of those strange ways that things happen...some of you may remember the guy that was helping me ride the bike originally (the one running alongside holding me up...)

Well he wanted a new bike himself and he decided to get a Carrera Subway (he says they are good for the money), apparently at the moment there's a deal at Halfords where you get some mudguards and a wireless cateye velo or something with it all for only £240. Anyway, it turns out his missus fell pregnant just after he bought it and now he wants money more than a bike (slight over-reaction if you ask me, go figure!)...so I readily said I would take the lot off his hands for £200 seeing as he has used it.

Picking up this Saturday when I go to see him...

So yeah, ok, I got another (probably) crappy halfords jobby...but its half the price of the bikes I was looking at, he says its a decent bike to ride AND it comes with a decent cyclecomputer. also its helping a mate out!

Only just read your opening thread and was going to tell you to wash your mouth out, but others have more or less already said that It's a good fun bike to build confidence and road skills on and I've had no problems with mine at all.
I still choose to ride mine a lot, even though I have other choices now.
I'll probably end up dumping it when it eventually dies on me, as I don't intend to sell it and then regret it as some others on here have