I have just been watching the watchdog filmof BSO and I specifically went to a local respected bike shop (Been around longer than I have been alive ie 30 plus years) to avoid crap that Halfords et all sell.
They sold me a Merida SUB40 "Sports utility bike". Now it weights an absolute tonne, steel frame etc. It's too late to take it back but my entire journey at present will only one long hill. Hmm, says me. Is there anything (short of borrowing the wifes Merida tourer) that I can do to make it more efficient. I am not saying the bike is not right, mearly that I have to put more effort in, to get the same amount of forward propulsion out or put simply a tourer may have been a better idea!
Cheers
Stu
They sold me a Merida SUB40 "Sports utility bike". Now it weights an absolute tonne, steel frame etc. It's too late to take it back but my entire journey at present will only one long hill. Hmm, says me. Is there anything (short of borrowing the wifes Merida tourer) that I can do to make it more efficient. I am not saying the bike is not right, mearly that I have to put more effort in, to get the same amount of forward propulsion out or put simply a tourer may have been a better idea!
Cheers
Stu