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It's made by Jon at Chickens Frame Emporium near Brighton. A bit more on it here...Niiiiiiiice
What frame is that?
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bikeworkshop
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Sorry to pull us back from the sublime...
The cables will get sticky at a whiff of rain.
The headset will drag.
The tyres will puncture.
The spokes will snap (if you ride it far enough, which you won't)
The saddle will feel horrible and rip easily.
The grips will be hard, or sticky
The seatpost will slip
The brakes will barely work from new
The gears will feel horrible
The front chainring will wear surprisingly fast, again b if you ride it a few hundred miles, which you won't.
The chain will snap
The freewheel will pack up after sounding awful ... again after those few hundred miles
The hubs will collapse.
A very small amount of use will necessitate more money spent on it than it cost in the first place.
There will be nothing left of value.
just scrap, pollution and wasted resources☹
No- one is ever pleased they bought cheap.
A lot of the original purchasers "want to get into cycling" but think bikes are toy money
- and after owning one of these, they either throw it away and give up,
or they throw it away and buy something at least 3x the price.
to the ridiculous
This is what a BSO is like:
The cables will get sticky at a whiff of rain.
The headset will drag.
The tyres will puncture.
The spokes will snap (if you ride it far enough, which you won't)
The saddle will feel horrible and rip easily.
The grips will be hard, or sticky
The seatpost will slip
The brakes will barely work from new
The gears will feel horrible
The front chainring will wear surprisingly fast, again b if you ride it a few hundred miles, which you won't.
The chain will snap
The freewheel will pack up after sounding awful ... again after those few hundred miles
The hubs will collapse.
A very small amount of use will necessitate more money spent on it than it cost in the first place.
There will be nothing left of value.
just scrap, pollution and wasted resources☹
No- one is ever pleased they bought cheap.
A lot of the original purchasers "want to get into cycling" but think bikes are toy money
- and after owning one of these, they either throw it away and give up,
or they throw it away and buy something at least 3x the price.
Takingabreak
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You can't imagine how tempted I am to buy it now and report back to the forum everytime something breaks or falls offSorry to pull us back from the sublime...
to the ridiculous
This is what a BSO is like:
The cables will get sticky at a whiff of rain.
The headset will drag.
The tyres will puncture.
The spokes will snap (if you ride it far enough, which you won't)
The saddle will feel horrible and rip easily.
The grips will be hard, or sticky
The seatpost will slip
The brakes will barely work from new
The gears will feel horrible
The front chainring will wear surprisingly fast, again b if you ride it a few hundred miles, which you won't.
The chain will snap
The freewheel will pack up after sounding awful ... again after those few hundred miles
The hubs will collapse.
A very small amount of use will necessitate more money spent on it than it cost in the first place.
There will be nothing left of value.
just scrap, pollution and wasted resources☹
No- one is ever pleased they bought cheap.
A lot of the original purchasers "want to get into cycling" but think bikes are toy money
- and after owning one of these, they either throw it away and give up,
or they throw it away and buy something at least 3x the price.
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
It would make a cool thread.
I reckon do a mega-offroad tour!
www.cyclinguk.org
First ask decathlon if they will "loan" you the bike, or then have a whip round on here if they won't.
Then blog it
Not sure about the saddle though
I reckon do a mega-offroad tour!
Great North Trail full route | Cycling UK
A long-distance off-road trail from the Peak District to Cape Wrath or John o’ Groats.
www.cyclinguk.org
First ask decathlon if they will "loan" you the bike, or then have a whip round on here if they won't.
Then blog it
Not sure about the saddle though
Gtpulse
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I can’t remember the last ride I did that didn’t involve adventuring for baked goods!
I’d like to try a proper gravel bike - I put some wider knobbly tyres on my disc brake road bike and it made sense to a point but ended up popping a front tyre when it got too rough. Suspect a wider tyre and I wouldn’t have had that issue. Mostly used my modern MTB this year which has been great on dry trails. Looking to winter riding and probably mostly road/tracks that don’t get muddy, I’m thinking a gravel bike may be the ticket. The modern MTB runs out of gears on the road and hums a lot!
Twozaskars
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I’ll chip in the 99pIt would make a cool thread.
I reckon do a mega-offroad tour!
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Great North Trail full route | Cycling UK
A long-distance off-road trail from the Peak District to Cape Wrath or John o’ Groats.
First ask decathlon if they will "loan" you the bike, or then have a whip round on here if they won't.
Then blog it
Not sure about the saddle though
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
I'd offer a tenner but I don't want to be responsible for bringing another cr4ppy bso into the world. I've seen too many.
If you find one "used" in gwo (
) i'm up for sponsorship
An artisan patisserie and flat white is central to the gravel biking experience.
I never commute without one
I’ve evolved to taking my own Mr Kipling items on the ride with me so I don’t have to find a suitable bakery (or just that I’m tight)
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