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My birthdays coming up and the missus was going to get me a nexus 7 but can't be arsed and just told me to order it for myself...
but then I noticed some cheap Drop bar, fixed/free, gas pipe framed bikes are going on fleabay for similar money and thought that might make a better pressie for me... not that I really need either but a cheap winter SS comuter might be better for my health than a tablet which will just mean I spend more time on my arse using STW and reading about bikes rather than riding one....
sway my decission as you see fit please STWists...
SS road bikes are great. I got a Langster last year for under £300 on ebay to save my Lynskeys gears from the weather and roads and sort of prefer it to my posh bike now.
Well up to 60-70 mile days as long as the knees are up to it.
Not all SS road bikes are great - I'd go SH at that price rather than new.
SS road bike, such a joy, I commute on mine and the cost per mile is buttons
Not all SS road bikes are great - I'd go SH at that price rather than new.
Very much this. Oh, and go fixed, not SS. No point to SS on road.
I was wondering a similar thing. Were these the kind of singlespeeds you had in mind?
Perhaps someone has some experience of buying one (or similar)?
SS is fine - not everyone wants fixed.
I've seen a few cheapies, they were awful.
Dont buy Nexus just yet - apparently the 32Gb is imminent and is likely to drop the price of the 16 dramatically as soon as it is announced, wait a few weeks and you could save £50 or more
right then new commuter it is and N7 on my christmas list...
cheers all...
Err SS? Just make sure it's baby blue or lime green, and wear a vintage courier bag 😉
Get one of those On One Machiato thingies. If it rides like the Pompy, it will be a treat 🙂
Err SS? Just make sure it's baby blue or lime green, and wear [s]a vintage courier bag [/s] your sister's jeans
FTFY.
Nah girls jeans and courier bags are only applicable to dayglo fixie mincers in Laaahndon aren't they? thats not the particular niche I'm considering opting into...
with them starting at £200 could you have the bike and the tablet?
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Selling my SS road bike was on of the worst decisions I have made.