who's up for a challenge ................

lawman

well im rather bored and have a little bit of money to spend on somethin fun, rather than buy booze, so how about a cheap bike challenge/ride/quest thing.

basically buy a bike or BSO for a small sum say less than 50 quid, we all meet up on our "bikes" and laugh at our contraptions and have a general decent ride.

any takers???

jonnyc2420

i might be up for it - where abouts are you?

whyamihere

Sounds rather like a TurdBurger...

lawman

midlands jonny

basically what im sugesting is a forum ride with added comical value

stevet1992

Sorry but if i was going to travel hundreds of miles to ride a bike ... I would want to ride my usual ride

biff55

they do this budget challenge on top gear all the time , usually its a right hoot.
as a bike tart though , i'd blow the whole budget just on pedals.

lawman

tbh thats where i got the idea from :oops: and im open to suggestions fora location for a ride if anything comes off.

The Northern Monkey

up the value to £80 and i'll bring the saracen!!

lawman

bigbenj_08 wrote:

up the value to £80 and i'll bring the saracen!!

could do that i guess :P so va;ue is now upto 80quid, spend as little or as much (upto the limit of course) as you like i guess

Surf-Matt

I reckon our British Eagle (which still works fine) is worth around £50.

The new rack and panniers more than double it's value

stevet1992

What about £764.63 ?

It may or may not be the price of my 456 :twisted:

MrChrisP

I say a trial park somewhere. Something that isn't too harsh but would still be fun on a hack bike.

I'm in if I can bring this or something similar:



I'd be keeping the stabilisers on though....

big_southern_jesse

So your starting point might well be here:

Bumblebee auctions

Whytepeak

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/mini-mega-report-2009.html

It's got to be kid's mini bikes

Are we allowed bikes valued at less than £80 - that we already own - such as bigbenj_08's Saracen?

biff55

Whytepeak wrote:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/mini-mega-report-2009.html

i like the fact the're all wearing full face helmets and body armour at speeds upto 10mph.

stomith

After a bloody hard time on a Wales weekend...i tried to get my work colleagues to do the same...almost.

The suggestion was to get the old classics.....Chipper, Chopper, Grifter, Classic Road racers, BMX, Racing bike with huge cow horns..painted Matt Black and all components mis-matching....and see if we could get them from A to B......across an off-road route.

For no other reason apart for the challenge. Having said that...we were also looking at the Merida in Wales as that would be a challenge...and soon realised there were challenges and there are CHALLENGES. We know our limits

I like the fun aspect of doing something....but if it could be done for charity....now there's an idea!

My idea wasn't from NOB G£AR. I'm years ahead of them, as are many.

lawman

Whytepeak wrote:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/mini-mega-report-2009.html

It's got to be kid's mini bikes

Are we allowed bikes valued at less than £80 - that we already own - such as bigbenj_08's Saracen?

yer ur allowd bikes you already own, just make sure they're cheap :P

weeksy59

problem is you can actually get something that would work in most locations for at least 1 afternoon

http://www.gumtree.com/london/99/52048799.html

weeksy59

Now, if they had to be £10 max or £30 including spares/repair then we're talking

http://reading.gumtree.com/reading/64/50166064.html

Richie63

Yeah Like the idea the ...missed out on the cannock ride with being at work so another forum ride is sound and the idea is ok a bike for less than the price of a helmet is a goer in my book

kangaroo

i have a 27+ year old bmx somewhere in the depths of the garage, would that qualify

lawman

yer that would qualify, basically any old piece of shite will do

kangaroo

here's an idea, why not make it even more top gear'ish by having some set challenges that we wont know the details of on the day. you could also have everyone bring some money say £20, in case there is a go away and make you bike better, smarter, stupider type thing