cheap single speeds - which is better

bonkers

http://cgi.ebay.ca/TOMCAT-FIXED-GEAR-SINGLE-SPEED-ROAD-BIKE-YELLOW-SIZE-52-/270672657586?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0558fcb2#ht_34747wt_1194

or

http://cgi.ebay.ca/EDGE-SINGLE-SPEED-FIXED-GEAR-TRACK-ROAD-BIKE-CREAM-/180657622126?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a10088c6e#ht_3983wt_1143

steinone

I'd go for neither if I were you.
They are fairly crap quality by the looks of them, plus they will cost you a bomb for what they are.
The edge shipped over here works to around €370, then you have to factor in the cost of paying the tax since you're buying from outside the EU.
There are some very good shops in Ireland selling fixed bikes for around that price or cheaper and you have a comeback if anything goes wrong.
Pm me if you want some ideas.

Holyboy

Have to say I'm with Stienone on this one, a cheap bike is a CHEAP bike!
Cheap stuff is great and like everyone else I buy cheap stuff from Argos etc, but you have to keep in mind, it's not made to last, if you want to ride a bike once a week for ten minutes, then it's fine but if you want to use it every day you really need to get a proper bike, the quality of bikes is falling fast to keep prices down because material costs are rising at a massive rate!
If you want to keep to a budget maybe think about building up an old frame to make a fixed/single speed bike.

bonkers

im based in canada, so the delivery would work out at 70bucks or so..

im just getting into biking and dont want to splash 700 on a bike right off..

TinyExplosions

If you're over the pond, you'll definately be able to get something much better for that sort of price.... SE Bikes and some of the Identiti stuff should come in at 350ish or so

bonkers

looking the se draft, works out at $499 here in toronto despite being 299 on their site.. anything better than that - around that price..