What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@Guinessisgoodforyou you have some I can have gratis as well then?

They look cool IMO and good enough for light trail riding. Wouldn't find them on my LTS obvs. but I'd slap a set in the Base bikes or other urban/light trail machines in a heartbeat.

If I find some mate I'll make sure I let you know. The heart likes what the heart likes. Share the love and all that

 

[slackboy]

Bloody snowflakes

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• slackboy
• Mar 12, 2022

 

[CassidyAce]

Avoid buying: bikes with bottom brackets that need a pin spanner to remove...

Remove and replace: cantilevers, 1990s' saddles, rapid fire shifters, thumb shifters, 130mm+ stems...

Enjoy: steel f&f, 3 x 8, and, of course, the icing on the cake ... Gripshift!

 

[bikeworkshop]

Anything that has Bikehut branding.

Bikehut
Decathlon
BTwin

 

[bikeworkshop]

Klein

 

[novocaine]

Decathlon

Booooo.

choose wisely young padwan for there is always the exception to the rule. I love my 2001 decathlon. Nice steel frame. Race geometry, did me proud for many a year till retiring and becoming a play thing.

 

[dirttorpedo]

Suspension

 

[bikeworkshop]

Booooo.

choose wisely young padwan for there is always the exception to the rule. I love my 2001 decathlon. Nice steel frame. Race geometry, did me proud for many a year till retiring and becoming a play thing.
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It's exempt.

You didn't "look to collect" it though, you just found it in your possession when you awoke from the dream/nightmare of working life, and found yourself emotionally attached to it.
That's different.

 

[novocaine]

It's exempt.

You didn't "look to collect" it though, you just found it in your possession when you awoke from the dream/nightmare of working life, and found yourself emotionally attached to it.
That's different.

Alas I did not hunt it out second hand, I purchased it from decathlon my self, so yes I fear it is exempt from this discussion.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Bikes that become collectable during ownership, that's heroic.

Buying bikes just before they become collectable, that's clever.

Buying bikes after they've become collectable, that's sad