Whilst browsing in Strasbourg today...
Raymondavalon
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I came a across a sports chain type shop called GO! I'd say on par with JB Sports.. but they sell bikes AND spares.
The MTBs were house brand hardtail crap with Suntour forks, budget components and brakes
They also had SS bikes for €300 (£256) and spares galore, it seems as if the French love Siglespeeds and are quite content carrying out maintenance themselves
A nice high res image so you can check out the somewhat criminal prices they charge for that Shimano branded [tat] stuff
Two Hutchinson Scorpion tyres 26x2.00 and tubes for £30 a good deal?
Lots of SS bikes and although they have sprockets on both sides of the rear hub, both have ratchets, as in no fixie side!
The MTBs were house brand hardtail crap with Suntour forks, budget components and brakes
They also had SS bikes for €300 (£256) and spares galore, it seems as if the French love Siglespeeds and are quite content carrying out maintenance themselves
A nice high res image so you can check out the somewhat criminal prices they charge for that Shimano branded [tat] stuff
Two Hutchinson Scorpion tyres 26x2.00 and tubes for £30 a good deal?
Lots of SS bikes and although they have sprockets on both sides of the rear hub, both have ratchets, as in no fixie side!
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Ahhh I believe this is the shop that my bike came from...it's a Go Sport Scrapper SCR1 :oops:
Now I feel like my bike is pooey poo poo poo from poo town
Caz xxx0 -
Sorry Caz, didn't mean to disrespect your bike there :¬P
I didn't see anything like that in the shop, they were all entry level HT varieties0 -
You bought a bike called Go Sport Scrapper?
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Briggo wrote:You bought a bike called Go Sport Scrapper?
Nice
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Briggo wrote:You bought a bike called Go Sport Scrapper?
Nice
What can I say, some can look beyond the names...I aint no label whore
Caz xx0 -
bails87 wrote:Thought you had a Merlin Caz?
I did, it's gone now, all the bits were used to build hubby a bike he can fit on...the 19" Merlin was far too big for his stumpy legs
Caz xx0 -
You have Go! in the UK as well. Was one in Coatbridge with various bike spares (wouldn't mention the bikes themselves as were dodgy Raliegh types. Sister had commented that the equestrian stuff was decent too (though not spectacular).
In short (and UK at least), a poor man's DecathlonFormally known as Coatbridgeguy0 -
*whispers* anyone wanna buy a bike?...it's cheap! and poo
Caz xxx0 -
it's got a Tora 318 and basic rockshox shock hasn't it? If that weight is reasonable I wouldn't say it was necessarily shite-ers0
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it's about 31lbs in weight, once I'd junked the 1lb cassette !!! plus lighter wheels now and some other bits of lighter kit, nothing much though
Caz xx0 -
my old hardtail weighed more than that and that was outstandingly awesome beyond awesome for what it was 8)0
