A new dream bike leasing scheme?

Thigh_burn
Thigh_burn Posts: 489
edited September 2017 in Road general
I saw a link on LinkedIn to something called SoCycling. There's very little detail on the website but it seems to be in the early stages of being a leasing company for high end bikes.

Initially I thought it was clever, but having gone through their questionnaire, a few thoughts came to mind:
    - the cost is not all that different from some of the very cheap financing currently available - there's something romantic to owning a bike, leasing it feels a bit wrong - but maybe that's because it's new - insurance is going to be a major issue, for theft and damage

Has anyone ever come across anything else like this.

And to be clear I have absolutely nothing to do with this company at all.

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  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Well as bikes are costing the same as cars, it obviously had the Chablis sipping silver suited wide boys athiking of making a quick buck a la double glazing salesmen.
    No it's not clever.

    It's too bloody ridiculous to comment any further.
  • Beatmaker
    Beatmaker Posts: 1,092
    It's been tried before, a couple of times. I think Bike Swanky was the last effort IIRC.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Bikes Wanky is still going. Couldn't see the point then, still don't.
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