Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
- I am looking for an upgrade (for the city, London) to replace my wonderful Aluminium folder - "Raleigh Boardwalk Lite". Basically the top gear is not fast enough for me, and the 20" wheels make me really feel bad road surfaces. Particularly cycling east on the Bayswater Road (ever tried it?); lots of bone shaking.
Why not ask the vendor? Does it matter much anyway?
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Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
As far as the rider can manage.
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- I am looking for an upgrade (for the city, London) to replace my wonderful Aluminium folder - "Raleigh Boardwalk Lite". Basically the top gear is not fast enough for me, and the 20" wheels make me really feel bad road surfaces. Particularly cycling east on the Bayswater Road (ever tried it?); lots of bone shaking.
You might be able to fit fatter tyres (Schwalbe Big Apple being the one to go for if there's room) - this would also raise the effective gearing slightly. You could fit a larger chainring, or learn to pedal faster - 95 inches isn't really low.
Only the vendor or an owner can tell you that I'm afraid. The weight isn't a problem unless you are lightweight yourself and there's lots of stepp hills to pedal up.
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Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
Folk have done Land's End to John O'Groats on worse/heavier bikes...
Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
I think that implies it is for the 'casual' rider, one who does 'low' mileage. If you put a lot of miles on that class of bike, parts (drive train, hubs, rims) start to wear very quickly, and you can easily spend the cost of the bike on replacement higher quality parts.
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feel bad road surfaces. Particularly cycling east on the Bayswater Road (ever tried it?); lots of bone shaking.
Only ever done it west, once a week when I worked in Holborn and was taking Spanish lessons at White City. No problems on a Brompton. -- congokid Eating out in London? Read my tips... http://congokid.com
Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
Folk have done Land's End to John O'Groats on worse/heavier bikes...
But would you want to?
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feel bad road surfaces. Particularly cycling east on the Bayswater Road (ever tried it?); lots of bone shaking.
Only ever done it west, once a week when I worked in Holborn and was taking Spanish lessons at White City. No problems on a Brompton.
On skates it's very obviously a not-nice surface (skateable, but not pleasant) eastbound on one of the inclines approaching Queensway. Westbound I think either the surface is not so bad or the fact that it's downhill means you don't notice so much.
Also the website says "ideal short commutes or popping to the local shop". What distances would you say this bike was good for?
I think that implies it is for the 'casual' rider, one who does 'low' mileage. If you put a lot of miles on that class of bike, parts (drive train, hubs, rims) start to wear very quickly, and you can easily spend the cost of the bike on replacement higher quality parts.
Assuming it's worth something like the £270 list price it's not a BSO, just rather entry-level - it should last reasonably well with proper maintenance. IME the problem with a lot of bikes at this level is that they're not set up properly out of the box, e,g, hubs aren't properly lubricated/adjusted, spokes aren't properly tensioned etc. and they fail early because of this rather than any deficiency in the actual components.
Assuming it's worth something like the £270 list price it's not a BSO, just rather entry-level - it should last reasonably well with proper maintenance. IME the problem with a lot of bikes at this level is that they're not set up properly out of the box, e,g, hubs aren't properly lubricated/adjusted, spokes aren't properly tensioned etc. and they fail early because of this rather than any deficiency in the actual components.
Fair point, but but but... the type of punter buying this sort of bike won't really have a clue how often to lube the chain let alone how to adjust the hub bearings..... (I should know, as I started off with this sort of bike and am left with just the frame and forks from the original parts)
