Teenagers

[biggs682]

get him to wheel it across our back garden , the tyres will soon be brown with mud .................. sorted

 

[tyred]

Get him a Raleigh Twenty. Mine defied all my attempts to break it when I was a teenager and I still ride it occasionally today.

 

[Bollo]

Red really does not suit bikes. Makes them look slow and cumbersome.

I don't need red to make a bike look slow and clumbersome.

 

[John the Canuck]

''so I thought I'd treat him to something coolio to ride''

hmmm...my Father said save 50% from your paper-round and he would add the other 50%

called ''respect'' and ''appreciation'' in my day

 

[MontyVeda]

A friend of mine manages a bike shop - a lad used to go in quite regular broken bike ALL THE TIME - until the manager told him directly to stop throwing the bike down on the floor and appreciate the bike!

#teenagers lol

a friend of mine described how he tried to mend his dodgy gears... "So i picked the bike up over my head and threw it down as hard as i could a few times."

 

[Cuchilo]

Red really does not suit bikes. Makes them look slow and cumbersome.

Don't let Papa Smurf hear you saying that

 

[spen666]

My son is 15, he's wrecked 2 of my old steel GT MTB's on his paper round so I thought I'd treat him to something coolio to ride

Not sure what message you are giving your son.

Wreck bikes and I will buy you new ones?

 

[MisterStan]

Get him a Raleigh Twenty. Mine defied all my attempts to break it when I was a teenager and I still ride it occasionally today.

I have one in the shed - it's my project for this year!

 

[Crackle]

My son is 15, he's wrecked 2 of my old steel GT MTB's on his paper round so I thought I'd treat him to something coolio to ride and found something suitable on Ebay. Thought it might last a year (a bike's lifespan for him) but he point blank refuses to ride it, why? Because it has red tyres.

Yeah..........that's not cool, I'm with him on this one. Consult or buy twice.

 

[rich p]

Yeah..........that's not cool, I'm with him on this one. Consult or buy twice.

Isn't it easier and cheaper to change the tyres for black ones?

 

[Crackle]

Isn't it easier and cheaper to change the tyres for black ones?

I fear the tyres are just the tip of the iceberg.

I base my judgement on the question, would I ride that, yes, ergo, not cool. It's a simple treatise, I recommend it to the op for future occasions.

 

[Beebo]

''so I thought I'd treat him to something coolio to ride''

hmmm...my Father said save 50% from your paper-round and he would add the other 50%

called ''respect'' and ''appreciation'' in my day

That's what I did back in the day. Saved £120 from my paper round (took me 6 months), Dad added £100 and I had myself a Dawes Accent MTB, with Reynolds 500 gas pipe tubing, but it was a great bike, and indestructable. My dad still has it in his garage.
I'm amazed the OP's son has killed two old steel framed MTB's in a year, they are bomb proof.

 

[MarkF]

Surely, red tyres are cool Daddio?

Of course they are, that kid is sooooooo provincial.

 

[MarkF]

A friend of mine manages a bike shop - a lad used to go in quite regular broken bike ALL THE TIME - until the manager told him directly to stop throwing the bike down on the floor and appreciate the bike!

#teenagers lol

That's what he does, I even bought a folding stand for this new one. A bike is a tool to him, he cycles but he has no interest in cycling.

He's 15 and holds down 3 jobs, I don't mind buying him a bike, the 20 year old son spends all day in bed = no bike.

 

[MarkF]

I'm amazed the OP's son has killed two old steel framed MTB's in a year, they are bomb proof.

One per year, that's about how long they last. He uses a bike every day, paper round and to his job at the local mini market. He rides using his front brakes, snags and wrecks cables, throws it down, gouging and taking all the paint off the forks, what goes first are the front wheels, he brakes right through them!

We are talking £50 a bike here, that is what I pay for old GT Outposts (or similar).