Like farting in a lift - This is wrong on so many levels

AndyOgy

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-8498.as ... t=210-8498

EKE_38BPM

26" wheels and old school MTB stem on a 'road bike'?!

WTF?!

NickHu

Looks like a nice set up :shock: . I haven't seen brake levers that low since Sean Yates was racing.

Anonymous

a lightweight 700c alloy frame its extremely aerodynamic and great for travelling at faster speeds.

Looks like the description was written by a work experience Muppet who knows nothing about bikes.

I suspect it's standard 700c wheels.

Still looks bloody awful though.

EKE_38BPM

RichardSwt wrote:

a lightweight 700c alloy frame its extremely aerodynamic and great for travelling at faster speeds.

Looks like the description was written by a work experience Muppet who knows nothing about bikes.

I suspect it's standard 700c wheels.

Still looks bloody awful though.

Or someone used to mountain bikes. In which case, the frame is extremely aero and faster than an MTB.

I might get one, you know, for shits and giggles.

Anonymous

EKE_38BPM wrote:

RichardSwt wrote:

a lightweight 700c alloy frame its extremely aerodynamic and great for travelling at faster speeds.

Looks like the description was written by a work experience Muppet who knows nothing about bikes.

I suspect it's standard 700c wheels.

Still looks bloody awful though.

Or someone used to mountain bikes. In which case, the frame is extremely aero and faster than an MTB.

I might get one, you know, for shits and giggles.

I would expect more shits than giggles.

SmellTheGlove

Complete with front and rear brakes.

There, you fixie hipsters, Tesco have no truck with YOU!

joelsim

Tesco is wrong on so many levels.

Anti-competitive.
Blows independents out of the water.
Unethical.
Treat their suppliers like sh*t.
etc

I went into the Extra in New Malden last week. Never again. It's a factory, deeply unpleasant to shop. The place was full of shoppers looking like they'd lost the winning lottery ticket.

I'll stick with independents and Sainsburys I think.

optimisticbiker

It features racing wheels with spokes...whatever will they think of next :shock:

veronese68

I liked the 26" wheels on a 700c frame. Eh?

notsoblue

Rear Shock No
Stunt Pegs No
Suspension None

Thats it, I'm out...

mouth

Looks worse than my Carrera. I mean, we slate Halfrauds but come on, surely they're preferable compared to buying this POS?

I wonder how many people will buy one and be put off road bikes for life.

garrynolan

Gets fatter the longer you read... went from 11.95kgs to 14.50kgs as you read the list of 'features'.

redvee

hether you’re going to be travelling up hills or on level ground

No mention of going down the other side of the hill you've climbed.

HoHoHoBlueGiant

I saw a similar model 'road' bike in our local Tesco, drop handlebars with grip-shift gear changer. Ridiculous or a stroke of genius :?

Some of the reviews are funny, 'tyres popped off rims' :shock:

MonkeyMonster

it is almost like a very early/late april fools...

I will send to buddy who works with tesco online and mention its a load of shit.

mudcow007

i like it

oscarbudgie

I saw one of these in the flesh yesterday parked up outside UCH on Euston Road. Truly horrible

roger_merriman

I think one of the bike mags had this and a few others in the how cheap can you go.

I saw something like that going over kingston bridge before. did look rather nasty.

Torvid

I just threwup a little

roddixon

Its got 48 reviews! That means at least 48 people have bought/tried it. What is the world coming to? :roll:

medoramas

It means there is 48 more people who started cycling. It doesn't matter on what bike, does it?

bigmat

Joelsim wrote:

Tesco is wrong on so many levels.

Anti-competitive.
Blows independents out of the water.
Unethical.
Treat their suppliers like sh*t.
etc

I went into the Extra in New Malden last week. Never again. It's a factory, deeply unpleasant to shop. The place was full of shoppers looking like they'd lost the winning lottery ticket.

I'll stick with independents and Sainsburys I think.

You were going to get a +1 until that last bit completely torpedoed your credibility!

SimonAH

The shifters are downtube shifters if you look closely enough at the photograph.

Interestingly (to check as the details on Tesco's appear to have been written by a seven year old) I checked the Muddyfox website and they are too embarrassed to admit the Blades existance - but do sell a £399 version with Sora.

Muddyfox was one of the big premium mountain bike manufacturers back in the 80s weren't they? Bloody hell how they have fallen........

Kieran_Burns

garrynolan wrote:

Gets fatter the longer you read... went from 11.95kgs to 14.50kgs as you read the list of 'features'.

The frame size seems to change as well....

Ian.B

But it doesn't have a "Giro Electric Headset", so I won't be buying one

Twostage

One of the reviewers (who gave it a 3.0) said they had to have the pedal bracket replaced. What's a pedal bracket ?
I ask that question pretending I know what a Giro Electric Headset is :shock:

will3

medoramas wrote:

It means there is 48 more people who started cycling. It doesn't matter on what bike, does it?

Yes, yes it does matter.
Chances are 48 people tried one of those, thought "well this is sh1t isn't it?" And took up fishing instead.

Twostage

Googled Giro electric headsets and the only links are to tesco.

This bike has them :-

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-3415.aspx

Twostage

And it has stunt pegs. I think this bike is obviously the dog's whatsits.

Ride hard

Ian.B wrote:

But it doesn't have a "Giro Electric Headset", so I won't be buying one

It does look like it can be retro-fitted with Shimano's Di2 groupset though. That's got to count for something, surely?