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I'm thinking of getting a pushbike

whisky

whisky

Boobie inspector
There is one in tesco at the moment for £60, which is three weeks worth of petrol, which might go a lot further if I arent driving to work.

Of course I havent rode one in about 20 years, so I probably will die the first time I ride on it.

Still if I dont die it would be a good form of exercise.

Anyone else ride?
 
Yes, but buy a second hand one from a local bike shop.

Especially if you are in an area populated by MAMILS

Those guys change their bikes every other day and you can pick up something that won't fall to bits so quickly. You can also buy a second hand bike with road tyres, as I imagine you are past the age of wanting to look cool with knobbly tyres and having to pedal twice as hard.
 
Road tires are good as long as you're riding on well-maintained asphalt all the time.

I live in Boston half of the time, though, where the roads are glorified collections of frost heaves and potholes. Going over a bump in road tires on a road bike (no real suspension) hurts.
 
^^^Young person, likes to look cool with knobbly tyres.

He can rationalise it any way he wants...
 
whisky said:
There is one in tesco at the moment for £60, which is three weeks worth of petrol, which might go a lot further if I arent driving to work.

Of course I havent rode one in about 20 years, so I probably will die the first time I ride on it.
Still if I dont die it would be a good form of exercise.

Anyone else ride?
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Yeah, I do, on a semi-daily basis as long as it's not freezing cold/snowing.
It'll take about a week, then your muscles will stop screaming at you and you'll be able to breathe again. After that, it's a great way to start and end a workday. If it isn't raining, then it's crap ;)

What is the distance to your workplace, whisky?
60 £ doesn't seem to be much for a bike, at least not compared to the prices in Germany. (The average price for new, low-cost bikes is about 250 EUR, that's ~ 200£)
 
I'd also rather throw my lot in with the punks and the old Irish guys who got their licenses revoked after too many DWIs than with the incredibly-smug Berklee hipsters and the $200 midlife crisis jersey middle-aged desk jockeys, yeah.
 
headvoid said:
^^^Young person, likes to look cool with knobbly tyres.

He can rationalise it any way he wants...
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rofl, yeah, he is, and he can... but he actually has a point, imo. I'm in the same age range as whisky, I've tried both, and I definitely prefer the knobbly tyres when it comes to bumpy, rough roads.
 
I was thinking of buying a bike at Christmas but they were all in the £200-£300 price range at Halfords (I know they can be pricey anyway, but I thought they'd be competitive). I had no idea Tesco were selling them so cheap. 60 quid sounds like it'd fall apart, though. Maybe take headvoid's advice first and see what local bike shops have on offer, as well as MAMILS on eBay.
 
Yeah, it doesnt look top quality, but originally it was £160.

I have looked in a few second hand bike shops, but the prices are usually a lot higher than £60.
 
Buying used can be kind of sketchy, too, depending on the shop. There's a lot that can be subtly wrong with a bike.
 
FBI parte due said:
There's a lot that can be subtly wrong with a bike.
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1. Tyres not being knobbly enough
2. Not enough stickers saying things like "GRAB SOME AIR"
3. Not enough big fucking springs covered in rubber on it
 
 
I got the tesco bike, need to get a pump though, and some lights, and a bike lock.
 
I unicycle everywhere. I'm also now work in the church.
 
If you do plan on riding your bike to work, you should go in for a patch kit, replacement tube, tire levers, and a pump you can carry around in whatever bag you'll be bringing (unless there's a bus route or something that you can hitch a ride on if one of your tires goes flat on the way).

I also carry a mini-wrench, chain breaker, and hex multi-tool in my bag, but that's because popping a 340 OLLIE GRIND AERIAL after climbing Mt. Washington can be kind of stressful on a bike.
 
FBI parte due said:
If you do plan on riding your bike to work, you should go in for a patch kit, replacement tube, tire levers, and a pump you can carry around in whatever bag you'll be bringing (unless there's a bus route or something that you can hitch a ride on if one of your tires goes flat on the way).

I also carry a mini-wrench, chain breaker, and hex multi-tool in my bag, but that's because popping a 340 OLLIE GRIND AERIAL after climbing Mt. Washington can be kind of stressful on a bike.
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I carry spectacles, a lunchbox, a bic biro, copy of The Times, hat & gloves in a rucksack.

I'm also very good at sitting on the ferry and the bus whilst carrying all that.
 
I carry a pair of spectacles, back-up contact lenses so I won't have to resort to the spectacles, a towel, at least one camera, a 1992 Bandai Star Trek: The Next Generation 'Worf in Klingon Attire' action figure with bubblegum pink pet targ and painstick accessories, a child's drawing of a narwhal and a unicorn building sandcastles, a copy of Alan Carr's autobiography with every word blacked out using permanent marker, a permanent marker pen for on the spot redaction purposes, a shelf and the front page of that day's Guardian, with a copy of BIG CYLON TITS hidden within.
 
You guys ever consider Wal-mart? I bought a mountain bike from them for just $50 about two years ago... and believe it or not, It still works just fine!!
 
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