Now the Nexus 8 I do not like, but the 7 is not so bad.
The Trek L-300 Town Bike has Nexus7
I took a tall colleague who was looking for a second hand bike to a shop nearby. They threw a curve ball of a fine looking Trek Sit Up and Beg hub geared hybrid with dyno lights incorporated and hub brakes, rack and marathon tyres. Size Xl which is his size.
colleague had uper limit of £200. Looked like alot of bike for that money. No need to buy anything else.
THe shop wanted a bit more than that. But I have seen it on e-bay for way more and Camden Town bikes for £280 [though this was the newer one]
Does anyone have an opinion, which you will see I am hoping to restrict mostly to the cost. I cannot find the actual model on internet sorry. Looks like there was an update in 2005 to Nexus 8 (a mistake in my book) and better dynamo light on the front. The one on the older bike went up over the wheel in a U bend fashion that was a bit weird.
My colleague liked the bike. It has a lot that could go wrong that would cost a fair bit to fix but then the idea is that not much wouldgo wrong. Chap in shop said three month warranty on all bikes and that if anything was going to go wrong it was likely to happen sooner rather than later. I was a bit scepitcal on that particlar pitch but on the whole a very good salesperson and a nice way to spend lunch hour.
Note - The Bike Station has the students back in town so they are sorting the bikes, putting them out and flogging them very rapidly at the moment. Told me to phone about now in the day to check what mechanics had ready. Remember colleague is six three.
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