Dunlop BSO

[compo]

I have just experienced the worst bike I have ever ridden. I have just been given a Dunlop full sus BSO on a local Freebie facebook group. I rode it (or should I say bounced it) home, only about a mile and mostly down hill, and I am completely knackered. It was hard work. If anyone ever watches "Last of the Summer Wine" where Pearl sabotaged Howard's bike so it squeaked every turn of the pedals, well that was me coming home!

I aim to clean it up, get it going as well as possible and pass it over to my grandson. My daughter may take pity on him and get him a decent bike.

 

[MontyVeda]

Or your daughter may think... he's got a bike but never rides it.. I'm buggered if I'm going to buy him another.

Saying that, I wish bouncy BSO's existed when i was a lad, I'd have loved it in spite of being to heavy and too bouncy for a decent ride... it was all about ramps, skids and stunts in them days.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Makes me ponder yet again just how fit the sackies in this town must be; they can biff along at a fair old rate on those Sports Direct specials, even with a can of Spesh in one hand and a tab on.

 

[biggs682]

Makes me ponder yet again just how fit the sackies in this town must be; they can biff along at a fair old rate on those Sports Direct specials, even with a can of Spesh in one hand and a tab on.

practice

 

[Andrew_Culture]

practice

Spesh branded Dutch courage?

 

[biggs682]

Spesh branded Dutch courage?

if thats what it takes i am sure they could manage it

 

[Globalti]

Nah, I've got a worse bike! My Mum aged 83 walked into a bike shop last year and asked for "a shopping bike" and this is what they sold her:

It really is an atrocious piece of poop. I visited her last weekend and she asked if I could have a look at it because it's hard to ride. I won't bore you with all the details but we ended up going to a better bike shop where talked her into buying a Specalized hybrid, which she test-rode and loved. I took the shopper home and now have the job of selling it - anybody want a shopper? It works now; took me an hour to set it up right including refitting the brake blocks, which were on upside-down! Still weighs a ton and won't go up hills though.

Going to stick some ads in local newsagents to sell it.

 

[Mugshot]

Nah, I've got a worse bike! My Mum aged 83 walked into a bike shop last year and asked for "a shopping bike" and this is what they sold her:

It really is an atrocious piece of poop. I visited her last weekend and she asked if I could have a look at it because it's hard to ride. I won't bore you with all the details but we ended up going to a better bike shop where talked her into buying a Specalized hybrid, which she test-rode and loved. I took the shopper home and now have the job of selling it - anybody want a shopper? It works now; took me an hour to set it up right including refitting the brake blocks, which were on upside-down! Still weighs a ton and won't go up hills though.

Going to stick some ads in local newsagents to sell it.

You might want to change the wording in your advert, it may put some people off

 

[Globalti]

Thanks! I don't really expect anybody on CC to want a bike like this!

 

[Beebo]

Thanks! I don't really expect anybody on CC to want a bike like this!

Those Land Rover bikes arent exactly cheap £99 BSO's they sell for about £300!!!

 

[Globalti]

I know. We took it back to the shop who had sold it to her in the hope that they would take it back in part-exchange since she hasn't ridden it at all (the brake surfaces are un-worn) but they couldn't have been ruder about it. So their competitor down the road got the sale of a £400 Spesh Vita.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I know. We took it back to the shop who had sold it to her in the hope that they would take it back in part-exchange since she hasn't ridden it at all (the brake surfaces are un-worn) but they couldn't have been ruder about it. So their competitor down the road got the sale of a £400 Spesh Vita.

name and shame, be a pity if anyone else suffered rude unhelpful service when they could have been protected beforehand

 

[Cycleops]

Well it is a bike and it does have a basket on the front and a rack.

 

[Globalti]

Nothing annoys me more than seeing folk sold unsuitable goods. Unfortunately she wandered into the shop and asked for a shopping bike, which is what they sold her, but because it was so badly set up she found it a nightmare to ride and never used it. In fairness to the shop aslo, they didn't set it up; they delivered it and her friendly neighbour (who clearly knows naff all about bikes) built it up.

 

[Milo]

looks like the sort of thing all the old ladies in my town seem to ride. It does look frightfully heavy.