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The €100 commuter bike...

  • 20-08-2009 12:12am
    #1
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭


    Just as the title says...

    In these recessionary times. Can it be done? Have you done it?

    Do you have a picture?

    Is it crap? :)


Comments

  • #2
    eightyfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭eightyfish


    British-Eagle-Verona-wome-001.jpg
    It's here, and it's ugly.


  • #3
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    Argh!!!! A wimmins bike! Looks like a pile of sh1te.

    I was more thinking about building up an old clunker than buying that gate of a yoke.


  • #4
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,084 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Easy enough to pick up a €100 BSO in Halfraud's. Expect it to perform similarly to the ASDA bike mentioned above though.


  • #5
    Vélo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Vélo


    Asda TV Commercial


    They couldn't even get the ad right.


  • #6
    Zoodlebop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭Zoodlebop


    I found an old touring bike that some american tourist bought and used once to go around Ireland back in the 80s. It's been in a garden shed for 20 years.

    €30 for new tubes and tyres and ready to go. Even the dynamo still works!


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    cheap supermarket bikes aren't suitable for commuting

    they are for impulse purchases and the few sunny days we have per year and many will be disposed of after only a few trips so they aren't designed to last


    at that price range second hand is the only way to go


  • #8
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Second hand you could manage it if you know what you are looking at.


  • #9
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    Well I started and have been stumped on the first hurdle. Relatively nice frame but it's got the smaller BB size. Campag? And the seat tube has welded itself into the down tube, which would make me suspect the thing may be ready to crack.

    Onwards...


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