The Independent's 50 best bikes

[dellzeqq]

good to see the Flight 01 there. Sad that two shops, Condor and Cycle Surgery, both of them not up to much, have so much hold on the imagination of the journalists.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Genesis Equilibrium for me. Looks great in the flesh, Reynolds 520 is a lovely tube to ride, takes mudguards for winter use... a proper old-fashioned 'Clubmans' bike.

£230 for the frame + £120 for the matching fork might be a nice swap for my Ultegra/Brooks/Reynolds wheels that are on my Giant frame... I like steel.

 

[Yellow Fang]

good to see the Flight 01 there.

<bike spotter mode> I think you will find that is a Flight Ti not a Flight 01. </bike spotter mode>

 

[Crankarm]

page 48, Al,check out those butterfly bars

butterfly bras, I couldn't see any ?

 

[MacB]

butterfly bras, I couldn't see any ?

Oh Cranky, you've got to join us for a ride mate, even if it's only to prove to us you really are haunted by chav/poodle halfbreeds Though I did get a crack about a training bra from one of the kids the other day

 

[ianrauk]

Nice to see a 'Raleigh Chopper' in there...lol

 

[addictfreak]

Well none of mine were there

But I just loved that Trek Madone. £5000 the missus would file for divorce

I think they were a bit wrong with the focus. Wiggle merely supply them, its not their own brand. Or am I wrong?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think they were a bit wrong with the focus. Wiggle merely supply them, its not their own brand. Or am I wrong?

You are correct. They just have distribution rights.

I really couldn't bothered after a few pages. Seems to have been written by London journalists with an incredibly parochial idea about bikes and what they are for.

 

[HelenD123]

Two of mine are on the list.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As the Carrera Subway is not in there, it's a pretty rubbish poll.

 

[Paco]

Lists like that are all about marketing, They have little to do with what you persoanlly want or need. Every bike tester will have his/her own reaction to a bike, but that could never replicate how you would find it.
Treat press recommkendation with great caution.