Whats the worst bike you've brought

[RedBike]

I found myself looking at this today.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Track-Bike-Ro...14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

I was actually serious about buying it but thankfully I saw sense at the last minute and stopped. Too close for comfort though.

Whats the worst bike you've ever brought?

 

[ACS]

Second hand Raleigh Explorer MT20.

Had to start somewhere

 

[gavintc]

I found myself looking at this today.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Track-Bike-Ro...14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

I was actually serious about buying it but thankfully I saw sense at the last minute and stopped. Too close for comfort though.

Whats the worst bike you've ever brought?

I do not think the seller knows what he is selling. 700 or 26 inch wheels, fixed or freewheel. Frame that weighs in at 10kg. It does not seem to add up terribly well.

 

[ASC1951]

I found myself looking at this today.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Track-Bike-Ro...14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

"Fixed gear track bikes have become affiliated with the streets of New York, but they are the latest influence to arrive from America to the UK."

The cheeky sods. We were riding fixed wheels while they were still stealing land from the Sioux.

 

[Greenbread]

That's a funny looking bike! Why was you even close to buying it? :-s

 

[Plax]

Apollo CX10

 

[RedBike]

That's a funny looking bike! Why was you even close to buying it? :-s

A cheap but fun bike to ride to/from work.
Thankfully I realised that it would be neither!

My worst bike has to be the un-known named duel suspension bike I brought from Aldi. (It was my first bike). Took it back for a refund when I bucked the wheel trying to ride it home.

 

[Greenbread]

A cheap but fun bike to ride to/from work.
Thankfully I realised that it would be neither!

My worst bike has to be the un-known named duel suspension bike I brought from Aldi. (It was my first bike). Took it back for a refund when I bucked the wheel trying to ride it home.

Buying a bike from Aldi is beyond frugal...

...I'm on the hunt for a decent second hand bike. Even the quality 'entry level' ones a pretty steep brand new.

My worst was probably my Rock Rider - I think that's what is was called - from Decathlon. Paid about £100 or so for it on sale. Got stolen a few months after.

 

[punkypossum]

A Raleigh Tundra...didn't realise so much could be wrong/go wrong with a simple bike in such a short amout of time!

 

[tyred]

I don't think I could criticise any of my bikes too much tbh. None were expensive, all have worked as intended. I know I have fallen badly out of love with my old low end 15 speed MTB lately but it isn't really the bike's fault, it's just I ride on tarmac mostly and that isn't really what an MTB does best.

 

[Alembicbassman]

Apollo Hi-Ten steel fixed gear folder. As rough as a night out in Doncaster.

 

[jimboalee]

I bought an old Dawes for a fiver.

Then the guy told me he'd reversed his car into it.
I took a second look at it.

I stripped it to the bare frame, got two lengths of steel bar, put one bar in a big vice and used the other bar to bring the seat and head tubes back to parallel.

It was OK after that. I rode it for one winter and sold it for twenty five quid.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I bought a Emmelle step-through bike once - it was all I could afford at the time. It did the job I suppose...

 

[yenrod]

>Whats the worst bike you've brought

The 1 ive got now until i replaced the majority of the parts WHEELS especially !

 

[fossyant]

Hmm none have been bad. The first bike I bought was when I was 16 with my first pay - it was a Raleigh Road Ace - 531c frame, Shimano 600 (ultegra) - the only bad thing, it was slightly too big - 2cm, but that's it. The cranks, seat pin and brake callipers are still going fine on my Ribble, 23 years later.....