Are retro MTBs a good place for a tight-budget beginner to start?

[novocaine]

Flange as in tw*t .

Bang, and the tone is gone.

 

[squirrelchaser]

Busts are like bikes, they're only good when they're not made of tupperware.

I didn't know tupperware made bikes . Presumably they all fit together well , for storage .

 

[squirrelchaser]

Bang, and the tone is gone.

xx

 

[2manyoranges]

Bang, and the tone is gone.

Ah that’s the sound of the tone going.
I will listen more closely in future….

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I didn't know tupperware made bikes . Presumably they all fit together well , for storage .

All the "best" bikes are plastic now, dontyouknownuffink

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Bang, and the tone is gone.

Channeling Barry Scott and his Clitbang

 

[benjabbi]

Is 'Flappy Marge' the female equivalent of 'I can't believe it's Nob Butter'

 

[Imlach]

Good to see you all reviving a question from 2021

The answer is of course the same as it always has been. Retro bicycles are a sound investment if you feel like you're in a financially stable environment and want to spruce things up a bit

I always fancied living in a cardboard box

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Avoid suspension. Plus side, robust, not complicated, some are silly money. Plenty of Saracens, Raleigh, Diamond back, Ridgeback etc for beer money.

 

[Imlach]

And oil barons of the bicycle industry like the man who misspells Guinness will have you believe he never loses money on his purchases.

But be aware for he runs two accounts, one pretending to be his wife which condones his habits and he lives in a canvas tent by the m20