Just looking at the cycling stuff in Tesco today and the cycling tool caught my eye, I lost my last one when my bike was nicked. I stood there thinking about buying it whilst looking at the throwover panniers that I bought last year. These disintegrated in 5 weeks and I was told by the staff that they were only guaranteed for one month! Can you believe that?
So.......although I wanted one, I knew it was going to be crap, I'd be disappointed but I did need one, I still had to fine tune the fit of my new bike. I thought about it and thought about the panniers fiasco and all the arguing and took the plunge and bought it.
I went for a ride, wanted to lower the seat a tad, pulled out my Tesco tool from my bar bag and a little nut fell off it. I watched it bounce off the frame, moved to catch it and missed, the nut hit the road and slipped down a drain, the tool fell apart and the road was covered with cheap tools, 2 black plastic case pieces and numerous washers.
It lasted 2 seconds, is this a record?
So.......although I wanted one, I knew it was going to be crap, I'd be disappointed but I did need one, I still had to fine tune the fit of my new bike. I thought about it and thought about the panniers fiasco and all the arguing and took the plunge and bought it.
I went for a ride, wanted to lower the seat a tad, pulled out my Tesco tool from my bar bag and a little nut fell off it. I watched it bounce off the frame, moved to catch it and missed, the nut hit the road and slipped down a drain, the tool fell apart and the road was covered with cheap tools, 2 black plastic case pieces and numerous washers.
It lasted 2 seconds, is this a record?