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Old June 16th 05, 11:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport
Clive George Clive George is offline
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Default London to Brighton bike ride next week (blatant plug for me!)

"Martin" wrote in message
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I would never recommend anyone spend "just" 100 quid on a new bike.

Double that to get acceptable. Double *that* to get tolerable. Double
*that* to get reasonable.


The Halfords jobs look OK and are under £100 - been looking for my
daughter


How old is she?

Be aware that anything with any suspension for that price is a mechanical
disaster area. You'll either spend large amounts of time trying to keep it
working and swearing at the crap materials they've used (bolts made of
cheese etc), or it'll just stop working.

They may 'look OK', but are you looking with an experienced eye?

cheers,
clive