The name says it all

Cychologist

Pretty Pretty

http://www.centurion.dk/bling/basicfree ... index.html

C

_Brun_

Is this that irony thing I've been hearing about?

Wallace1492

Not a fan, hate silver cars too.....

Aidy

Seems pretty chavtastic to me.

Eau Rouge

Aluminium fork?
Triple?
flat bars?
disc brakes?
flat pedals?

The Chingford Skinhead

Eau Rouge wrote:

Aluminium fork?
Triple?
flat bars?
disc brakes?
flat pedals?

Yep, looks like a sensible basic bike to me.

I wonder if the difference in cycling levels between the UK and most of Europe can be partly explained by our snobbish attitude to different bikes. In the Netherlands a bike is a bike and it has a purpose which is unrelated to feeding the ego of the rider

roger_merriman

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

Eau Rouge wrote:

Aluminium fork?
Triple?
flat bars?
disc brakes?
flat pedals?

Yep, looks like a sensible basic bike to me.

I wonder if the difference in cycling levels between the UK and most of Europe can be partly explained by our snobbish attitude to different bikes. In the Netherlands a bike is a bike and it has a purpose which is unrelated to feeding the ego of the rider

looks like a half decent commute bike to me, though worth pointed that uk has a fair number of fast long (by bike) commutters, ie 30/40 etc round trips etc.

Aidy

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

I wonder if the difference in cycling levels between the UK and most of Europe can be partly explained by our snobbish attitude to different bikes. In the Netherlands a bike is a bike and it has a purpose which is unrelated to feeding the ego of the rider

I don't care about set up, it's just ugly.

Eau Rouge

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

Eau Rouge wrote:

Aluminium fork?
Triple?
flat bars?
disc brakes?
flat pedals?

Yep, looks like a sensible basic bike to me.

I wonder if the difference in cycling levels between the UK and most of Europe can be partly explained by our snobbish attitude to different bikes. In the Netherlands a bike is a bike and it has a purpose which is unrelated to feeding the ego of the rider

It was a play on the fact this bike is the opposite of the standard "what biie should I buy" response around these parts. :roll:

Do the dutch actually buy bikes like this for the commute? My experience as a commuter in Eindhoven too many years ago was that since you knew your bike was going to be stolen at some point*, the route was flat and traffic free but narrow, and you could only go as fast as the rest of the bike-traffic most of the time anyway, that the ideal bike was older than you were. I had a womens post-war classic Dutch city bike complete with pedal-backwards brakes. It was ideal

*I remember it being stolen from outside the supermarket, and then stealing it back again the following night when I happened to see it outside a bar in town. I walked it back from the center of town to the suburbs, a good few miles, with the rear frame-mounted lock stopping the rear wheel turning. Nobody batted an eyelid.

"Snobbery" is not why we don't have more cyclists. Not buying bikes that make cycling fun, but make it a chore by being heavy, slow and uncomfortable isn't the cause either.
Acceptance that cars own the road, now thats worth considering.

lost_in_thought

Wowsers, that's a LOT of silver, too much for my taste.

Oh and TCS, by asserting that it's pretty the OP invites comments. How's the view from your high horse?

Aidy

Eau Rouge wrote:

Do the dutch actually buy bikes like this for the commute? My experience as a commuter in Eindhoven too many years ago was that since you knew your bike was going to be stolen at some point*, the route was flat and traffic free but narrow, and you could only go as fast as the rest of the bike-traffic most of the time anyway, that the ideal bike was older than you were. I had a womens post-war classic Dutch city bike complete with pedal-backwards brakes. It was ideal

The somewhat brief time I spent in Holland would lead me to agree with your observations. Looked like basically everyone was riding the oldest, shonkiest bikes they could find.

The Chingford Skinhead

Eau Rouge wrote:

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My experience as a commuter in Eindhoven too many years ago ...

*I remember it being stolen from outside the supermarket, and then stealing it back again the following night when I happened to see it outside a bar in town. I walked it back from the center of town to the suburbs, a good few miles, with the rear frame-mounted lock stopping the rear wheel turning. Nobody batted an eyelid.

"Snobbery" is not why we don't have more cyclists. Not buying bikes that make cycling fun, but make it a chore by being heavy, slow and uncomfortable isn't the cause either.
Acceptance that cars own the road, now thats worth considering.

Soundls like the TfL bike hire scheme model - without the smart card and formal docking stations

I think the cycling sub-culture does have an impact. Though to be fair it isn't just bikes, it's our obsession with status in everything from clothes to cars to music etc. I also think that heavy slow and uncomfortable bikes when combined with poor infrastructure doens't help. But I totally agree with you that the biggest problem is the dominance on the roads of motorised traffic being placed both in culture and often in law (by default - ie lack of enforcement) above both non-motorised transport and pedestrians.

Apologies I didn't get the irony of your first comment - I wasn't meaning to criticise you, just making a general comment 8)

The Chingford Skinhead

lost_in_thought wrote:

Wowsers, that's a LOT of silver, too much for my taste.

Oh and TCS, by asserting that it's pretty the OP invites comments. How's the view from your high horse?

I'm not on a horse LiT, but my hybrid does give me a more upright riding position

majormantra

Eau Rouge wrote:

Do the dutch actually buy bikes like this for the commute?

Probably not since that's a Danish website.

Matthew

rolf_f

Aidy wrote:

The somewhat brief time I spent in Holland would lead me to agree with your observations. Looked like basically everyone was riding the oldest, shonkiest bikes they could find.

I remember hearing, whilst walking in Haarlem, a ghastly scraping noise so I turned around and saw a girl cycle past on a ramshackle bike with the mudguards fouling everything. 30 seconds of pulling and bending would have made it easier to ride but it doesn't really matter there.

There are plenty of new bikes around though but rarely are they ones that cost more than 200 or 300 Euros. And bikes with drop handlebars are rare enough that you really do notice them.

biondino

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

I'm not on a horse LiT, but my hybrid does give me a more upright riding position

Do you travel by tube on days with a headwind?

il_principe

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

I'm not on a horse LiT, but my hybrid does give me a more upright riding position

Ah ha, it's the forum's very own Giovanni di Stefano defending everything that is wrong!

andrewjoseph

I don't like the look of those rotors, the pads would have to be huge to stop them catching in the gaps.

on closer inspection it would seem the brake pads are making most contact on a very narrow rim section, so it would seem there is a lot of material there that is not braking surface.

DevUK

Do you need to wear one of these helmets when riding it?