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sub £100 bikes
My 70 year old dad wants a bike for pottering to the shops on so i though id pick him up something from e-bay for a few quid.
i cant believe the price people are bidding for absolute junk , some absolute shite went for £70 + today.
anyway , that go me thinking about the budget mtb's you can pick up at ASDA ,tesco etc
what are your thoughts ? shite and dont bother ?
Oh, it will be kept out doors all year only covered with a tarp so hence the reason for not going for anything "special"
Apparently ASDA are selling bikes at no profit at the moment, I think that they would be ideal for what your Dad requires.
If you have a Recycling centre near you, take a box of Jaffa cakes and see what the guys on site can get you.
In the last year I have acquired a Spesh Rockhopper, a Spesh Hardrock, a mint retro Saracen, a Giant Terrago disc, and several low budget mint condition bikes from my local Recycling centre, I have passed these bikes onto friends and family for no cost, just to get them into cycling.
I actually visited my 3 local recycling centers but they didn't have anything at all.
I was surprised as the total lack of anything bike related.
Asda it is then : )
Sub £100 bikes are nasty!
yes they are so please share some of your deep wisdom with what you would do?
Have a look on your local gumtree? I regularly see cheap bike on the Nottingham one. Lots of crap MTBs, but a few passable 70s/80s road bikes for about £40....
I'd get a secondhand bike that originally cost £200-300, pehaps more. It just comes down to price and condition.
Ebay might be a good route, but as you say, people often pay over the odds.
Ask all your friends to ask around.
You might find a bike pops up pretty quick.
What about the one that Chipps rode an issue or two ago? (from Halfords iirc)
Where are you? We have a 2nd hand but VGC Trek 750 Multitrack that'd do nicely- STX 7 speed everything, brank new Shimano back wheel, Tange steel frame, Shimano canti brakes. Bit of surface rust on the stem but otherwise it's lovely. Comes with full guards and a rack for £120, but could sort something out if you want?
I picked this up from the tip with bent forks and a nackered headset, got it for nothing and spend £60 on some bombers and a headset, threw a spare set of tyres, saddle, new chain and removed the lights reflectors and whatsnot on it to tidy it up and tadaa
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It now has wider bars and shorter stem as i couldnt get on with them and its now my commuter for pretty much everywhere within reasonable distance, goes like stink too 8)
Its my best find from the tip, I had some good raleighs when i was younger but nothing of a decent brand
Hi Rolf , I'm in Fleet Hampshire.
sound interesting though , depending where you are .
i just popped to the local tip and they didn't have anything again.
i have a about a week to sort out a bike so keep these suggestions coming .
PS rich-6 thats a great bike for not allot of cash: )