Working on a BSO

[Davidc]

I've seen three Cyclist Shaped People in as many days with their forks facing backwards.

Perhaps the bikes are front wheel drive with rear wheel steering. You ride them sitting on the handlebar shaped object.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

if you find a decent general bike shop (not a roadie's paradise or a mtb specialist) you can make some bsos usable for a few quid. my wife's awful apollo premonition was, for £40, turned into a perfectly ridable, if heavy machine with the addition of some second-hand solid forks, some £7 a pair set of brake calipers (unbranded, but still good entry level) and new cables (fitted).

admittedly, that bike did at least have shimano megarange gears and brake levers/shifters, so it probably wasn't as poor a bike as the ones you can get for less than a ton from a supermarket.

 

[biggs682]

i learnt my lesson when i was a car mechanic friends jobs were nothing but trouble and always use to be at the worst times , so only do family bikes and like others leave gears alone