I want an entry level bike ...and if we start going regularly I will up grade - don't want to spend a lot for it spend 364 days of the year in the garage! But don't want such a bad bike it puts me off !
Tried the google thing before- but it is 'exclusive to halfrauds'- trying to find a comparable one but I can't even on Raleigh's homepage ...thinking maybe it is an 'Apollo' and halfrauds have paid to have a Raleigh badge stuck on (which might be a big mistake by Raleigh! - unless they are aimed at people like me - who might use it once and leave it in the garage and wouldn't really know the difference but know apollo are 'bad' - so won't get one ...)
BTW We have lots of keen bikers here -but we also have some parents who get bikes purely cos of the snob value...and only really use them for the 5 min cycle to school along the pavement... would never let their children out to play on their bike on their own in case it gets damaged, lost, stolen...
I think Apollo serves its purpose - my girls' first pedal bike was a pink one with a doll carrier and shiny tassles (the eldest chose it - probably cos I hate pink!) ...they loved it, learned to ride on it and I've just passed it on to a neighbour...its still going strong (did get some parents looking down their nose at it - and trying to convince me it was worth spending 4 x as much) - we live in a good area anyway but for example I have left propped up at the bottom of a steep footpath in a field, been on a walk for a few hours and come back thinking I hope its still there - but if not its £50 ...not sure I would have been so relaxed if it had been £300....
Tried the google thing before- but it is 'exclusive to halfrauds'- trying to find a comparable one but I can't even on Raleigh's homepage ...thinking maybe it is an 'Apollo' and halfrauds have paid to have a Raleigh badge stuck on (which might be a big mistake by Raleigh! - unless they are aimed at people like me - who might use it once and leave it in the garage and wouldn't really know the difference but know apollo are 'bad' - so won't get one ...)
BTW We have lots of keen bikers here -but we also have some parents who get bikes purely cos of the snob value...and only really use them for the 5 min cycle to school along the pavement... would never let their children out to play on their bike on their own in case it gets damaged, lost, stolen...
I think Apollo serves its purpose - my girls' first pedal bike was a pink one with a doll carrier and shiny tassles (the eldest chose it - probably cos I hate pink!) ...they loved it, learned to ride on it and I've just passed it on to a neighbour...its still going strong (did get some parents looking down their nose at it - and trying to convince me it was worth spending 4 x as much) - we live in a good area anyway but for example I have left propped up at the bottom of a steep footpath in a field, been on a walk for a few hours and come back thinking I hope its still there - but if not its £50 ...not sure I would have been so relaxed if it had been £300....
