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11-06.-2008, 03:49 AM
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Re: Rear hub brake repair
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:53:45 +0100
Paul Boyd <me@privacy.net> wrote: > techpro said the following on 10/06/2008 11:00: > > > The problem was my wife said she did not want a bike, but if I > > didn't get her one I didn't even have the possibility of persuading > > her to see if she liked cycling as a change from hiking. So there > > was a good chance that the bike would not have been used at all, > > hence my desire to get something as cheap as possible. I just > > didn't expect it to break before she had made up her mind about > > it... > > That can be counter-productive (buying a cheap bike that is, not > persuading your wife to ride one!) A lot of people buy cheap, heavy, > unreliable bikes (I'm thinking Sterling House here) to see if they > will enjoy cycling. The bike they end up buying pretty much ensures > they won't enjoy cycling... Spend a bit more, not much more, and > they could have got a bike that would have been far more enjoyable to > ride. But will they listen? We used to stock nice little ball-bearing-throughout bikes for kids, and cheap-n-nasty ones with plastic bushes. The cheap ones had loads more friction making them hard for little kids to ride, and wouldn't last anywhere near as long, but people would still go down the "we'll get a cheap one to see if they like it" route. |
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11-06.-2008, 09:36 PM
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Re: Rear hub brake repair
Patter wrote:
> Or if you must go cheap, look for a 2nd-hand road bike on ebay. I picked > up an old Peugeot for £25 at the weekend and it runs so well  Only> needed a new rear tyre though it could probably do with a transmission > rebuild before winter. Or (if you live in Kent/Surrey), try the 1st Oxted Scouts bike sale. http://www.1stoxtedscouts.com/bikesaleresults.htm On the first occasion I went there, there were over 200 bikes for sale at prices ranging from about a fiver to several hundred GBP. I bought an aluminium framed, Suntour Sprint equipped, Sakae Ringyo for just over GBP 200, and I still ride that bike today. |
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