Decathlon Bikes...anybody?

[Kieran]

Does anybody know anything about these bikes.. The 8.2
Rockrider won best bike last year in WMB. Spec for this year
has added Hayes discs all for a little over £800 Am
seriously considering cancelling my Orange Evo4 Ltd disc an
getting one of these instead an saving myself over £100.

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[Kieran]

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/ukstore/produit.asp?int_PfId=962580&int_DeptId=25477&int_DeptPereId=4169

pic is rubbish. hope somebody can get me slightly better
spec list an pic.

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[Matthew Paterso]

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 22:52:42 +0100, Kieran wrote:

> Does anybody know anything about these bikes.. The 8.2
> Rockrider won best bike last year in WMB. Spec for this
> year has added Hayes discs all for a little over £800
> Am seriously considering cancelling my Orange Evo4 Ltd
> disc an getting one of these instead an saving myself
> over £100.

These days anyone with some money can churn out Taiwanese
generic frames and hang a bunch of parts off them.

Do yourself a favour and stick with your UK handbuilt
Orange. It will stand you in better stead.

--
Matt

Fear of a flat planet

 

[Taywood]

Kieran wrote:
> Does anybody know anything about these bikes.. The 8.2
> Rockrider won best bike last year in WMB. Spec for this
> year has added Hayes discs all for a little over £800
> Am seriously considering cancelling my Orange Evo4 Ltd
> disc an getting one of these instead an saving myself
> over £100.

Cant help with the bike. We have a series of Decathlon shops
in the UK, I believe its a French company, selling medium to
low grade sports stuff at low prices. OK if you know your
stuff, but just dont ask the staff - they're recruited as
money takers with no product knowledge or social skills.