Jon Ison
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 08:17 PM |
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Cheap mountain bikes
Mrs been on look out for cheap bike to chuck in caravan, called in at local SportsDirect, ended up with one each £70 total, cheap n cheerful maybe but
21 gears, disc brakes, front rear suspension, perfect for riding up coastal path for a bevvie, car boot money.
After a bike, drop into sportsdirect.
Ignore the prices here
We bought 2 dunlops undr 1/2 advertised price.
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Guinness
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 08:18 PM |
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Jon
I;m disappointed, you spent money in Mike Ashley's shop!!
Mike
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 08:21 PM |
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ahhhhh, we spent it outside actually, so sorta ok ish ?
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RickRick
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 08:26 PM |
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cheap front sus bikes are ok ish, cheap full sus bikes are bad news, bad design's normaly waste energy, don't work when your stood up,
and sap power when your sat down, more importantly the pivots last about 1 minute
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 08:38 PM |
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I welded one into a solid bike for the kid next door a couple of years ago, the back wheel had developed a distinct lean 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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tegwin
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 10:27 PM |
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I bought one of those "budget" bikes in Florida when I was training out there for a month..... $50 from wallmart....
I wheelied it off a pavement.... once....the wheel ended up square :p
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prawnabie
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 10:35 PM |
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I fell for the same trap twice lol!
Paid £120 for a full suspension bike, weighed a ton and had more drag than a dax with a pinto in it!
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iscmatt
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| posted on 5/7/09 at 11:08 PM |
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yup, i had a cheap full susser once and it was turd,, everythinng on it bent and bits of metal rubbed together, i now have more expensive hard tail
and its the bees knees
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/7/09 at 07:51 AM |
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cheap 'n' heerful 'n' nast ... 
I have tyres that ost more than your entire bike ..... but as long as it floats your boat and does what you want it to do, 200 m cylce to pub and
back, then it'll be fine./
Let us know how long it lasts.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 6/7/09 at 03:02 PM |
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it a pedal to pub n back on flat cycle path, will do for us. 
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 6/7/09 at 11:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
it a pedal to pub n back on flat cycle path, will do for us.
Would have been better going for something with no suspension, at least the manufacturers have a bit of budget to spend on the important bits so they
aren't made of cheese.
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