Tea all over the keyboard!Is that snake a 27five?
Tea all over the keyboard!Is that snake a 27five?
It's made by Jon at Chickens Frame Emporium near Brighton. A bit more on it here...Niiiiiiiice
What frame is that?
to the ridiculousIt's made by Jon at Chickens Frame Emporium near Brighton. A bit more on it here...
Post in thread 'Chickens Frame Emporium 29er' https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/chickens-frame-emporium-29er.443001/post-3632221
This is what a BSO is like:This has been tempting me for a while as a cheap way to try one out. How bad can it be?
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/schwinn-scree-gravel-bike-black/_/R-p-X8657138
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.
I can’t remember the last ride I did that didn’t involve adventuring for baked goods!Adventuring to Bakery
I’ll chip in the 99pIt would make a cool thread.
I reckon do a mega-offroad tour!
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https://www.cyclinguk.org/routes/great-north-trail-full-route
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’ll chip in the 99p
An artisan patisserie and flat white is central to the gravel biking experience.
I never commute without one
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