No no bike

[DCLane]

Boardman.

A Boardman or a Fuji.

This is my son's 'winter' bike - a Boardman Airpro 'black edition' aka our imagining of what Chris Boarman's evil twin would build:

Still don't like them?

 

[Cycleops]

Got to be Apollo.

 

[bikingdad90]

This is my son's 'winter' bike - a Boardman Airpro 'black edition' aka our imagining of what Chris Boarman's evil twin would build:

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Still don't like them?

No, what’s going on with the skinny top tube and beefy everything else!

I do have a Boardman CX Comp.

 

[Archie_tect]

This is my son's 'winter' bike - a Boardman Airpro 'black edition' aka our imagining of what Chris Boarman's evil twin would build:

View attachment 509607

Still don't like them?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... that bike's obviously been taking illegal steroids!

 

[DCLane]

No, what’s going on with the skinny top tube and beefy everything else!

I do have a Boardman CX Comp.

Aero design and power transfer *

* as it's my son's and he's only 53kg this is obviously theoretical

 

[classic33]

A unicycle.
Guaranteed I'd fall off.

Boardman.

Technically speaking it's not a bike.

 

[Pale Rider]

You're way above my price range and thoughts:

Apollo
Muddyfox
Viking
and similar ...

Got to be Apollo.

I would have said 'Apollo' until I saw their latest ebike.

At £599 it is truly excellent value, cheap and cheerful, employing well proven (old, but still serviceable) ebike technology.

It competes with 'no brand' Chinese ebikes which are very similar, but are now usually £1,000 or more.

Strictly, I still wouldn't buy one, but only because I can afford better.

I would buy one if my financial situation deteriorated, reducing my budget to nearer £1,000.

 

[Vantage]

This is my son's 'winter' bike - a Boardman Airpro 'black edition' aka our imagining of what Chris Boarman's evil twin would build:

View attachment 509607

Still don't like them?

As said by another, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They're a bit too............space agey for my tastes

 

[Vantage]

Technically speaking it's not a bike.

But it is a cycle!

 

[FrankCrank]

The whole concept of pointing at a bike and calling it a BSO is of course relative to where you live. Over this way, the vast majority of bikes would be termed BSO's by western standards, but they get used and ridden like bikes were intended.

You can have the poshest, most expensive bike on the planet, but if its stuck in the back of the garage with a puncture, or too precious to use on a daily basis...............well, just saying like.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Anything sold in a department store. Bicycles, in fact any product, should ideally be bought from a vendor that specialises in that particular product, not a vendor that sells all manner of products but specialises in none of them.

 

[EltonFrog]

Specialized, I just don’t like the word. It’s illogical and irrational, they make good bikes, as good as any of the big brands, but that name makes my armpits itch.

 

[Illaveago]

Emelle.
I've never liked the name and would never buy one even though I don't know what they were like .

 

[Illaveago]

Specialized, I just don’t like the word. It’s illogical and irrational, they make good bikes, as good as any of the big brands, but that name makes my armpits itch.

To me Trek suggests a long walk !

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Possibly Apollo, because my daughter had one as her first bike and it was awful, seemingly made from girders, way too heavy for a child to ride, badly made, really bad to work on. Her Carrera from Halfords on the other hand is a properly legit little bike however, so it's not a Halfords thing. I think once you get below a certain level of ouright cheapness the outcome isn't ever going to be great, so supermarket bikes are possibly the very worst and I'd not want to ride or own one.