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Anyone ever bought/ridden one?

I'm leaning towards one, i want a singlespeed for running about etc and it looks like it's going to cost me a bit to convert my existing old commuter, so...


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 8:12 pm
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"Custom designer bikes to suit your style"

Bikes for bellends it sounds like

Get something decent.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 8:14 pm
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Cheap though!

Bit bright some of them..


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 8:19 pm
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You could get a decent 2nd hander off ebay!


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 8:22 pm
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I saw it in the papaer and had a look at the website, bikes look ok but the blurb is a bit bollox!


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 8:40 pm
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i had a chat with them on the set of the BBC Be Your Own Boss program (they got an investment from the innocent drinks guys). i think i was at the same uni as them too.

anyway, they looked pretty generic SS/fixies, pandering to the wannabe hipster crowd. there's probably better bikes out there for the money - they were gas pipe type afairs with relatively mediocre bits.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 9:32 pm
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mmmmmmmmmmm they look a bit er, sh!te but they are cheap though in looks, build and price.

£99 though probably built by orphans welding the tubes together in unventilated caves somewhere in the 'booming economies'.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 9:49 pm
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Looking at the website they claim a weight of 10-12 kilos, not exactly light.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 9:55 pm
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They've just used the word 'funky'.

For that reason, I'm out.

OTOH, they are not that bad, bikewise. They are going after the hipster market, clearly, who I imagine don't really care all that much about weight.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 9:57 pm
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Its says on the website £99 plus an extra £170?


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 9:59 pm
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Definitely for hipsters. Just noticed that you can't change ratios on it, just colours.

Probably will sell hunners of them.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 10:00 pm
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Its says on the website £99 plus an extra £170?

£99 is a deposit
£170 is the balance to pay.

Total price £269


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 10:31 pm
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Or for the a tenner more:

http://www.dutchie.co.uk/vintage-bicycles.html

including mudguards and dyno lights.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 10:55 pm