More BSOs!

GHill

mac man wrote:

Warning, don't drop the seat :shock:

Anonymous

GHill wrote:

mac man wrote:

Warning, don't drop the seat :shock:

Hehe, that's why I posted it earlier.
Whilst the Giant ATX 1DH was a classic, and worked, that BSO is a disaster waiting to happen!

sparrowlegs78

Crap photo, but the bike was crap , yes it WAS mine i bought just to try mountain biking out, luckily it didn't put me off.
Best thing was i sold it on Ebay for more than i bought it for
Caz xxx

The Northern Monkey

jay12

why would you buy it in the first place?
shockwaves are for vhavs who think their bikes are cool

sparrowlegs78

Jay,
I knew no better, I didn't know any mountain bikers ,so i bought cheap to see if i liked it, some people aren't blessed with prior inborn knowlege ya know

jay12

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Jay,
I knew no better, I didn't know any mountain bikers ,so i bought cheap to see if i liked it, some people aren't blessed with prior inborn knowlege ya know

fair enough

cat_with_no_tail

bigbenj_08 wrote:

That's no BSO, that's the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Not only that, but I can actually see it working really well and being a LOT of fun. Possibly overkill for the British winter though.

redvee

Saw a strange BSO type hybrid in Keynsham today. Dual crown forks and 26" front wheel on a 20"wheel BMX frame. Couldn't get my phone out of my pocket quick enough for a pic.

Bignige

Ladeeezz and Gentlemen.....for your entertainment.

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Bignige

Ooops, wrong one...try this

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Raymondavalon

Cat With No Tail wrote:

bigbenj_08 wrote:

That's no BSO, that's the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Not only that, but I can actually see it working really well and being a LOT of fun. Possibly overkill for the British winter though.

+1, that rocks big time
Now if I were a Canadian resident I'd sure have one of those in the garage!

ride_whenever

No you wouldn't

it's just an upgrade kit for any fs bike with particular axle combos...

Raymondavalon

Well, I would dedicate a frame to that conversion without any issue at all

Anonymous

Bignige wrote:

Ooops, wrong one...try this

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What in holy hell is that? :shock:

Northwind

It's a bike-themed coathanger, ideal stocking filler

joshtp

bigbenj_08 wrote:

officialy the most awsome thing i have ever seen, im giving up mtb'ing and gonna start SMTB (snow mountain biking) that is wonderfull! i bet its loads of fun, drifting through corners..... carving that big ski at the front into the ice.... oh, i want one.....!

wordnumb

^ agree with the awesomeness of that. Particularly like the fact they've left the front brake in place.

joshtp

yeah! titaly unneccessary, but it means turning it back into a normal bike is just a matter of changing wheels.

The Rookie

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/British-Eagle-26- ... 27ad134202

Funny but I have the exact same in the garage from a pile of bits I bought, as its at least 3 years old I suspect this BSO has been gathering dust for a while.

Not sure about high tensile steel frame, but high weight it sure is!

Simon

Daz555

The children....WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!



Forced to ride around on 30lb behemoths from the age of 6. Nice. :shock:

mac_man

Daz555 wrote:

The children....WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!


Forced to ride around on 30lb behemoths from the age of 6. Nice. :shock:

Keeps the little buggers fit though

I bought my lad a British Eagle bike about 8 years ago... damn thing weighs more than his current full size bike. And this BSO POS was bought from a reputable LBS. :roll:



(Jeez.. just how many TLAs* can you get in a sentence)













*TLA = Three Letter Acronym

fourcrossjohn

how can the wee ones learn to ide on full sus's

i learnt to ride on a rigid single speed (apolo)

had a 24 speed hardtail (giant)

another wateva speed hardtail ( merida)

8 speed hardtail (giant)

then a full sus 28 speed (carrera)

full sus's shouldnt be availiblr to those with very little riding skill as without the knowledge of riding a bike it can be hazardous

all though i saw this last week and nearly bought it and upgraded the forks to dj 1's and fox spring on back



a lil ri[ers freeride slopestyle bike :twisted:

MacAndCheese

fourcrossjohn wrote:

how can the wee ones learn to ide on full sus's

i learnt to ride on a rigid single speed (apolo)

had a 24 speed hardtail (giant)

another wateva speed hardtail ( merida)

8 speed hardtail (giant)

then a full sus 28 speed (carrera)

full sus's shouldnt be availiblr to those with very little riding skill as without the knowledge of riding a bike it can be hazardous

all though i saw this last week and nearly bought it and upgraded the forks to dj 1's and fox spring on back



a lil ri[ers freeride slopestyle bike :twisted:

I like the fact that the spring only had about 3 coils on it!

wordnumb

fourcrossjohn wrote:

how can the wee ones learn to ide on full sus's

Correct me if I'm wrong here but most of the cheapo FS BSOs have such bad shocks little 'uns would have to be morbidly obese or pulling 6ft drops to get any action from the suspension. On the kiddy FS bikes I've seen the shock is simply dead weight.

fourcrossjohn

i sat on it and pedaled it, the back moves more than on my banshee x and the front was solid =/ would make a good tramp bike or something for resi ramp or foam pit

fourcrossjohn

its a dead weight hence no use for riding and some dads spray crap loads of wd40 or gt85 on em to get em moving and they move like greased up weasel cum for a couple of days then fall apart or seize solid so a kid try's doing something sitting down and brakes his cocckyz

wordnumb

fourcrossjohn wrote:

brakes his cocckyz

I have no idea what this means, but it sounds painful.

fourcrossjohn

the fused vertabrae at the base of the spine that are the remnants of our sily mole tale thing

5 vertabrae fused together and if you brake it its 5 weeks in a butt cast in a wheel chair

MacAndCheese

coccyx - no 'k'