Pub bikes,or towpath tourers

[stiffknees]

The thread about towpath bikes has slid off, but today I picked up via our local freecycle a Dunlop disc 26 full supension bike, or BSO if you will.

nowt wrong with it as far as I can see, bit dirty, needs tlc but just what I was looking for a mega 3 mile round trip couple times a week for a half Guinness and packet of crisps along the canal.

Not as heavy as I had thought from comments on here and it don't bother me.

BUT........ I did a search on here for Dunlop bikes O dear. Are they really that bad?
should I....
give it back?
throw it in the canal?
ignore you lot of jeramiahs and ride it? Its got puncture proof tyres which is a big plus, never had those before.

actually one of the disc brakes would add a bit of stoppng power to my 1928 motorcycle if all else fails.

 

[Crackle]

Could you actually lift it to throw it in the canal?

 

[glenn forger]

Sounds fine, post a picture.

 

[User32269]

I've got skip rescued Apollo and Universal MTBs awaiting fixing up on my patio. Will give perfectly useable bikes to someone strapped for cash for £30 each on gumtree once cleaned with new cables and pads.
Whats not to like with BSOs that cost nothing?

 

[glenn forger]

I'd love a clarty old shoot Dutch bike that weighs a ton. After a while it would know the way home.

 

[stiffknees]

Could you actually lift it to throw it in the canal?

after a couple Guinness I'd probably ride it in.. which is why when its dark I add another mile and a bit to my epic ride. Its a killer in the dark.
Kennet canal towpath is atrocious on my stretch, hence the desire for some suspension.

As I related elsewhere I had to rescue a lady cyclist from the canal a couple years back, in places its on 2ft wide.

 

[Crackle]

Is it this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26-DUNLOP...H-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-UNISEX-18-SPEED-/310374427240

Ride it 'til it dies I say, seems fine for the job.

 

[glenn forger]

Are you being serious crackle? That's awful, I meant like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-c...103581?hash=item4b06692e1d:g:xcsAAOSwRgJXj4qL

It's "Ladies uni-sex" look.

 

[MichaelW2]

My pub bike is an Apollo frame with some other fixed fork all skip rescue. The wheels go around, it's a pub bike.

 

[User32269]

Is it this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26-DUNLOP...H-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-UNISEX-18-SPEED-/310374427240

Ride it 'til it dies I say, seems fine for the job.

Bloody hell, I know the Wirral side of the river is more affluent, but that's just ridiculous! That's more than my semi in up and coming Norris Green cost! And weighs more.

 

[glenn forger]

Be worth buying it to heave it in the canal.

 

[Crackle]

Bloody hell, I know the Wirral side of the river is more affluent, but that's just ridiculous! That's more than my semi in up and coming Norris Green cost! And weighs more.

I bet your semi rides better.

 

[User32269]

I bet your semi rides better

well I am getting older

 

[Crackle]

well I am getting older

Aaargh, mind bleach, quick!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I bet your semi rides better.

And an apartment is so much better than a flat....