I want to buy a bike

[ghost whistler]

The bike shops here are not cheap enough.

That's my price range, I don't have anymore. If that's not enough then it's not enough.

 

[vickster]

Second hand is your best option but you need to be flexible
Or just look at the Apollo range in Halfords, it'll get you from A-B and they have shops everywhere. A friend of mine did London to Brighton on a £150 Apollo mountain bike

This will do and you'll have £50 for extras

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes-and-classic-bikes/apollo-envoy-mens-hybrid-bike

 

[Saluki]

That ebay link is in Bristol, as I said I can't get the bike back.

You can't go there and back by train? I take bikes on the train all the time. In fact I am quite possibly taking my bike (plus Hubster and his bike) on the train today. All you then need to do is ride to the station and then from the station home.

 

[biggs682]

@ghost whistler i picked this up at local carboot and with aprox £25 - 50 spent it would be an ideal bike shame you live so far away

 

[ghost whistler]

@ghost whistler i picked this up at local carboot and with aprox £25 - 50 spent it would be an ideal bike shame you live so far away

Picked what up?

They just don't have carboots where I live anymore. Used to be popular, but not anymore. Gumtree is the only other place I can think of and there's nothing on there.

As for train travel, I rang the service and was told they couldn't guarantee i'd be able to bring a bike on. So if it turns out it's not possible that day, for whatever reason, I'm screwed.

 

[Yazzoo]

You must know somebody with a car!

 

[vickster]

eBay, lots of sellers offer delivery, usually around £30 to send a bike. Decathlon deliver too. Or go to Halfords, must be one locally

 

[biggs682]

Picked what up?

They just don't have carboots where I live anymore. Used to be popular, but not anymore. Gumtree is the only other place I can think of and there's nothing on there.

what i picked up was a 1990's Scott Mtb that would have served you well , but alas it has now been sold

 

[ghost whistler]

what i picked up was a 1990's Scott Mtb that would have served you well , but alas it has now been sold

so what was the point of telling me in the first plce then?

 

[biggs682]

so what was the point of telling me in the first plce then?

trying to show what is about 2nd hand , good luck with your search

 

[ghost whistler]

eBay, lots of sellers offer delivery, usually around £30 to send a bike. Decathlon deliver too. Or go to Halfords, must be one locally

No they don't. Everything i've just seen on ebay is collection only.

I know the shops deliver, but i'd have to find something i like. even then buying sight unseen seems foolhardy to me. if there are problems then it becomes a nightmare.

there is no halfords near me.

 

[ghost whistler]

trying to show what is about 2nd hand , good luck with your search

i'm sure there are lots of things second hand, it just depends hwere you live.

 

[Chris_Kn]

@ghost whistler Clevedon, Western Supermare, Winterstoke, Newport all have the bike instock now that @vickster suggested

 

[ghost whistler]

@ghost whistler Clevedon, Western Supermare, Winterstoke, Newport all have the bike instock now that @vickster suggested

i know where the shops are, but thanks to our abysmal bus service getting to some of those shops is impossible. Others are too distant.

 

[vickster]

How far away are they?