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Has he ever given any bike a bad review.
Has he ever slated a bike as rubbish and said your money would be better spent on y instead of x.
If not, you can draw your own conclusions,
Maybe he is just easily pleased.
you can like two different bikes for different traits. No?
More importantly superfi sort the grouting out. Unacceptable.
Calling it grouting is unacceptable.
I shall fall onto my ritual sword bregante-san
People ask me how I can be independent when I review a bike that I’ve been given. Well I can’t claim to be can I? However I’m not going to say that I like something if I don’t, [b][u]in fact you won’t see me riding something that I don’t like[/u][/b]. Basically I don’t do anything that I don’t like doing if I can at all help it! You will just have to decide if you believe me or not. Chin up!
Is there a secret message in this statement as none of the photos show Mr Oxley actually riding the bike 🙂 I bet that extra 12mm of wheel makes all the difference.
He wasn't paid to like on-ones
Bet he didn't 'pay' for them either.
I'd like them as well if I didn't have to stump up the cash.
Shall I send you my address Brant?
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Does anybody make 'Bad bikes' nowadays / are we just a tough crowd?
</jumpers for goal posts>
I'd venture my arm that once you exclude supermarket specials/BSO's/whatever then you have a messy pile along the lines of how much did you pay as a function of what you could afford and what your expectations were multiplied by how much fun you had on it.
I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't automatically have more fun on a £6000 bike than on one of my bikes - all of which feature second hand parts somewhere. There's bound to be people that can get the last ounce of perfomance out of such a machine, but I couldn't. The sheer price would possibly even intimidate me.
That said, If I blew that £6000 on a bike expecting it to be totally epic and found that my five year old Zesty was as much fun, then I might feel a bit cheated. Likewise, if something broke in reasonable use and I got bounced for warranty or any other support I'd be a bit peeved. I'd be more inclined to overlook any failings of say, a couple of hundred quid's worth of lowend Spesh with an XC30 or whatever as it's not a fair comparison to anything I have, although I would probably not buy such a bike new.
I'm not sure there is such a thing as a bad bike once you're at a proper bike shop, just over hyped expectations and bad experiences.