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Off the peg commuting setup - £600ish

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  • Started 11 years ago by Darkerside
  • Latest reply from custard
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  1. Uberuce
    Member

    I'd say economics suggests the light runaround:

    You've got a major advantage in that you're not one of those tedious mainstream sizes, so you get absurd bargains compared to us suckers in the 5'6 to 6'2" range.

    Folders, however, are universal in size, so you'll be paying top dollar.

    Abuse the monkeys out of your place on the Bell curve, says I!

    Posted 11 years ago #
  2. SRD
    Moderator

    hmmm...but my sense is that there are fewer options in the small-frame options. certainly limited me last time i was buying a bike at EBC.

    The good thing about it is that I can ride kids bikes!

    If anyone sees a secondhand adult Islabike, let me know. I've been watching e-bay for a while, but no sightings.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  3. Uberuce
    Member

    Yarp, the bargains I'm thinking of are when they're needing to sell the previous year's stock, so by definition it's going to be limited.

    I wouldn't be surprised to find that if I'd used the amount of time I've spent web trawling for such bargainous finds to work illegally at under minimum wage, I'd have far exceeded the saving on even the higher end bikes.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  4. crowriver
    Member

    @Uberuce, aye, but it wouldn't have been as much fun, and you wouldn't have learned much either. ;-)

    I find the process of searching for bargains throws up options that you may not have considered had you just wandered into, say, Evans with the credit card and gone "I'll have that shiny bike over there, thanks".

    Posted 11 years ago #
  5. custard
    Member

    You've got a major advantage in that you're not one of those tedious mainstream sizes, so you get absurd bargains compared to us suckers in the 5'6 to 6'2" range.

    ha,I had the same thought looking around 2nd hand bikes
    those sizes at either extreme go cheap

    Posted 11 years ago #

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