Bike snobbery - or is it?

[FMJ]

 

[serottabob]

u just trying make me giggle feller

 

[FMJ]

Summer's just around the corner. Time to cowboy up.

 

[mikee]

LSO ?

 

[brocklanders023]

I don't agree that an expensive bike could be classed as a BSO but can see where Pete's coming from with some of the retro bikes. That's part of the reason I loved the early 90's bike development. Loads of people with loads of ideas and inovations. Some worked and still do today, some were clever but not tough enough, some were just plain bonkers etc, etc.

This site can never be exclusive to ace bikes that gave the finest ride bitd as that would suggest it's all about the riding. There's loads of examples on here that will never see mud ever again so should they be banned? The Trek may not have had the best rep but it didn't seem to stop longun blasting round the bdw2 route near the front. Every reto ride I've been on has had a 'low end' bike somewhere near the head of the group so if it's about the riding then they have there place as well.

BSO's are those god awful things that come out of Supermarkets, Motorworld, Argos etc. Not many, if any of those show up on here. Low end proper bikes should not be lumped in with them.
If you know the name of the top end gear you know enough to realise what falls below your own personal standard. Simple answer is not to open the link to the stuff that doesn't float your boat.

 

[mikee]

@ pete mcc

the early attempts at rear suss are some of the most interesting bikes
for me , and for some reason not as bad as touted by the press
and reputation , i have both trek and cannondale you mentioned
there .bought cheap for a laugh , but both are capable (very in the
case of the trek) bikes ,but mostly they're fun to ride

i think longunn and velo both rate the trek sussers they own too

 

[Stick Legs]

I remeber MBUK saying that anything under around £300 was not a real mountian bike, well I had a Shogun Trail Breaker II (£249 but it did have front & rear q/r's) and it was great, slowly upgraded all the 200GS to DX and LX and had a really rideable bike, the next plan was to get a Clockwork frame to put all my bits on but the bike thief who stole it had other ideas. :cry:

Great introduction to MTBing and I'm sure there are some here who started on lesser machines than that.

 

[Stick Legs]

May I add, on the ship we have a 1991 Emmelle Cougar with 200GS. Nutted hubs, steel bars, and it is totally standard.

I was bought from Cash Converters in Shoreham for £20 about 8 years ago.

It still works, and is great for getting to the shops when the berth is a long way from the dock gate.

BSO yes, but it still is a efficient means of moving around, and that surely is what a bicycle is all about.

 

[kaiser]

May I add, on the ship we have a 1991 Emmelle Cougar with 200GS. Nutted hubs, steel bars, and it is totally standard.

I was bought from Cash Converters in Shoreham for £20 about 8 years ago.

It still works, and is great for getting to the shops when the berth is a long way from the dock gate.

BSO yes, but it still is a efficient means of moving around, and that surely is what a bicycle is all about.

Is there a thread? :twisted:

 

[MADJEZ]

May I add, on the ship we have a 1991 Emmelle Cougar

Maybe they handle better on a ship...