If people did not buy new there would be far fewer jobs, I take it your income does not depend on people spending. I feel you are the fool for not enjoying spending money, if you have it, so stop insulting people like me who do spend it.
How can you ride it like that?
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If people did not buy new there would be far fewer jobs, I take it your income does not depend on people spending. I feel you are the fool for not enjoying spending money, if you have it, so stop insulting people like me who do spend it.
raleighnut
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Ah but if we all bought less then we'd have less need to keep working so hard or for so long producing/distributing tat to go for landfill.
Johnno260
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My Merida was RRP £1000 but I got it for £650 which I consider a lot of money still.
Regardless I was always brought up to look after things, so if it was a £15 I would still maintain it, my brother is the polar opposite then complains he never has any money as he always has to replace things.
I don't like the throw away society the human race is becoming.
Regardless I was always brought up to look after things, so if it was a £15 I would still maintain it, my brother is the polar opposite then complains he never has any money as he always has to replace things.
I don't like the throw away society the human race is becoming.
Globalti
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I can match that story. One day I realised that my neighbour had two identical wheelbarrows. "Why two, Mike?" I asked. "The old one has a punctured tyre!" he replied. He gave it to me, I repaired it and still have it now, 22 years later!
Just think, if he'd only fixed the puncture himself he could have had a spare wheelbarrow to carry round in his main wheelbarrow in case he ever got another puncture.
Do you think not maintaining a bike means it will fall apart?
Why do you assume the person in the OP is likely to throw it away? I would suggest someone who cares little about the bike and uses it as transport might be more inclined to keep it longer than someone who loves bikes and upgrades which is what we hear a lot about on this site. In fact I know a number of dedicated cyclists who replace and upgrade their bikes every couple of years or so and should be more worthy of our 'throw away society' scorn.
GuyBoden
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I like these type of people, because they sell the bike for next to nothing due to a rusty chain, badly adjusted brakes, gears and bearings. Things that can easily be fixed....
Johnno260
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I was being a little more generic in my reply, but usually if something is mistreated you're reducing it's life expectancy, it's why we service things after all.
I love bikes and upgrades, but doesn't mean I squander cash on it, things get replaced when they can't be repaired, an exception in my case was replacing some BB5 disc brakes with some Spyres as I was sick to death with the BB5 performance.
mgs315
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The ones I feel sorry for are the poor buggers doing about 5mph on the BHF London-Brighton every year. They’re putting in so much effort keeping the thing going on the flat with two flat tyres, rusty chain and poorly adjusted saddle that I wonder how on earth they’ll even make it to Brighton.
steveindenmark
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Tom has ridden from Denmark to Innsbruck on this bike in the summer. He wouldnt change it for anything.
steveindenmark
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Sometimes we are all a bit elitist. I think Toms bike is a work of art.
And it has no brakes?!
But it does look well maintained.
recumbentpanda
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Too often I see those people steaming past me without apparent effort as I struggle on my relatively new and well maintained machine. #itsallabouttheengine.
