Will it be there when the owner gets back?

[andrew_s]

It was locked up better than this bike was locked, outside my local pub (owner inside, out of sight of his bike).
Moulton New Series Speed, cost £11k for the standard version, plus the belt drive, Rohloff, and whatever extra it cost to put a splitter joint in the seat stay.
The saddle looks a bit incongruous

 

[Jody]

Moulton New Series Speed, cost £11k for the standard version,

Someone needs their head looking at if they paid £11k for that.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Looks secure to me, I can't imagine how anyone could walk off with it.

 

[mr_cellophane]

As I was walking out of tescos yesterday a guy, late twenties at most walked in and parked a nice looking Cannondale mtb in the lobby area and went inside.

People do similar things with pedigree dogs and the wonder why they aren't there when they come out.

 

[keithmac]

People do similar things with pedigree dogs and the wonder why they aren't there when they come out.

I see this all the time (unattended dogs tied to lamposts, benches etc), considering they are supposed to be loved pets it's amazing really..

 

[potsy]

Old men, on the other hand, wheeze along on their electric bikes stinking of stale cigar smoke, pulling up their grubby tracky bottoms. Ugh.

Not just the old ones around here, stop being so ageist.

 

[Tin Pot]

They need a Skunk Lock!

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...how-to-keep-bike-safe-indiegogo-a7373116.html

 

[fossyant]

Someone needs their head looking at if they paid £11k for that.

£100 is too much. I'd guess £1100, not £11k.

 

[HLaB]

[QUOTE 4520964, member: 9609"]did you leave any sort of note to help the cyclist out ?[/QUOTE]
A £50 note ? I guess they'll need that help now

 

[jefmcg]

Not just the old ones around here, stop being so ageist.

The younger ones don't pull up their tracky bottoms.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

£100 is too much. I'd guess £1100, not £11k.

No, he was right, that model Moulton is a few quid short of £11,000. At that money I'd want 3 sunglass wearing, bald headed heavies following me round to protect it at every stop. Even a stop at traffic lights.
Mind you I'd probably also want to ask myself why I'd pay more for a glorified Brompton than I would for say, an actual Team Sky Pinarello.

 

[nickyboy]

No, he was right, that model Moulton is a few quid short of £11,000. At that money I'd want 3 sunglass wearing, bald headed heavies following me round to protect it at every stop. Even a stop at traffic lights.
Mind you I'd probably also want to ask myself why I'd pay more for a glorified Brompton than I would for say, an actual Team Sky Pinarello.

At the risk of going way off topic, where is the value in the 11k price tag? I'm sure the engineering is pretty good and the components are decent (rolhoffs aren't cheap). But I can't see 11k worth of bike. I don't know how much a folder like Brompton costs but what extra do you get with a Moulton for the money?

 

[CanucksTraveller]

At the risk of going way off topic, where is the value in the 11k price tag? I'm sure the engineering is pretty good and the components are decent (rolhoffs aren't cheap). But I can't see 11k worth of bike. I don't know how much a folder like Brompton costs but what extra do you get with a Moulton for the money?

No idea mate, I'd guess the money goes into the "engineering genius" of that "Forth Road Bridge" frame, and the Super Record groupset probably doesn't help either.

 

[slowmotion]

Not just the old ones around here, stop being so ageist.

Given the gravity of the matter under discussion (body odour), is it time to move the thread to SC&P?

 

[nickyboy]

No idea mate, I'd guess the money goes into the "engineering genius" of that "Forth Road Bridge" frame, and the Super Record groupset probably doesn't help either.

Super Record!!

I guess to some extent it's self fulfilling in that it's a massively expensive bike so it "has to have" a top of the range groupset. Having said that I suspect a less expensive one would more than suffice for the vast majority of cycling a Moulton owner will do. What a strange thing it is