Now here's a thing.. I have a friend (don't we all?) who asked, "You know about bikes, could you fix this puncture?" I asked her if it had QR's, so I could simply take the wheel. "I don't know". I was near her home in my van, and with a little shuffling I reasoned that I could simply throw it in and repair the puncture. OMFAG!!!!!! It is a supermarket £120.00 jobbie, "full-sus" It must weigh at least 30 kg and does nothing well. It is horrible. The only slight problem is that she is "petite" (about 5' 0"). I have a shed full of nice bits, and would gladly build her a reasonable bike. But need a decent frame to start with. She is not wealthy, and I would not charge her, but she is not about to be throwing herself down mountains any time soon. Just some gentle cinder tracks.. Any suggestions/ebay spots? Or should I just lurk about at boot-sales and look for a half-decent hard-tail frame? (Essex, btw)
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By far the easiest way is to put an add in the MTB wanted section, all depends on if you want old or modern as to where you put it
By far the easiest way is to put an add in the MTB wanted section, all depends on if you want old or modern as to where you put it
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I had a similar experience, a lady friend had been bought an Apollo Slant from her Husband (who had several carbon garage queens and a time trial bike - you know the sort) and the steering was strange. I noticed that there was actually a whole race of bearing missing, the frame was rusting and weighed more than a motorbike.
What is sad is that this is a lot of peoples first grown up experience on bikes and should be the start of a journey and not the end
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And my sister in law was the same, I offered to build her a retro bike out of a small Kona Frame, LX etc and she thought it looked old and wanted a Full Sus for £99 :facepalm:
I had a similar experience, a lady friend had been bought an Apollo Slant from her Husband (who had several carbon garage queens and a time trial bike - you know the sort) and the steering was strange. I noticed that there was actually a whole race of bearing missing, the frame was rusting and weighed more than a motorbike.
What is sad is that this is a lot of peoples first grown up experience on bikes and should be the start of a journey and not the end
:facepalm:And my sister in law was the same, I offered to build her a retro bike out of a small Kona Frame, LX etc and she thought it looked old and wanted a Full Sus for £99 :facepalm:
I know, and thank you for these answers. The woman has two daughters who each have terrible but usable bicycles, which I have serviced to the best of my abilities, (chains, cables etc) But I know that she will go out with the little ones, and hate every minute, and think that cycling is a kind of torture, and will transmit that feeling to the daughters....
(and yes, one of her ex's is a serious MTB'er Titanium frames etc)
(and yes, one of her ex's is a serious MTB'er Titanium frames etc)
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All the effort and dollari is worth it when the wife and kid can ride their rigs all the way up a long gravel hill with a few motvational grunts from dad. The wifes Ti FAT weighs in at under 20lbs = more happy family rides. She never liked thumbies but gripshift is her thing. A heavy lump with a high friction noisy drive train is no fun to ride. Had to hire a few pos over the years and the constant moaning isnt worth it.
All the effort and dollari is worth it when the wife and kid can ride their rigs all the way up a long gravel hill with a few motvational grunts from dad. The wifes Ti FAT weighs in at under 20lbs = more happy family rides. She never liked thumbies but gripshift is her thing. A heavy lump with a high friction noisy drive train is no fun to ride. Had to hire a few pos over the years and the constant moaning isnt worth it.
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Sparrow":mn9xjxgu said:
Facebook Marketplace seems to have bargains. To give you an idea, I picked up a 1992 Trek 950 for just £25 back in May - original LX mechs and chainset included, though a few nasty BSO bits had been added as well. It was less than a mile away, too. There were a few other, similar, local bargains at the time.
A full suss BSO just sounds like a nightmare: the woman needs saving!
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