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B_Ugli
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject: Well set up bike vs Expensive bike |
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I have seen some really expensive bikes set up really badly in my time and some not so expensive bikes set up really well.
By this I mean positioning, attention to detail (i.e cabling, bar tape etc,gear tweaking), and the use of old/obsolete but perfectly working components.
Is it me or is the art of putting together a really nice bike for £800-£1000 a dying art? Or is it that people have forgotten the skill of using a toolkit rather than leaving it to the bike shop? |
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Billy Boy
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I'll have the £1500 bike thanks, then set it up myself.
Where do I collect it from?
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martin smith
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
I'll have the £1500 bike thanks, then set it up myself.
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is the correct answer.
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mattr
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And since when was £1500 an 'expensive' bike?
Might make a hole in the bank balance, but hardly expensive.
It's the £3, 4 and 5 grand bikes with gears that don't work, saddles on cock eyed, unuseable brakes and so on that make me cringe.
Try suggesting to someone that that isn't quite how a qr is mean to be tightened, and get ready for the barrage of abuse. |
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B_Ugli
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
It's the £3, 4 and 5 grand bikes with gears that don't work, saddles on cock eyed, unuseable brakes and so on that make me cringe.
Try suggesting to someone that that isn't quite how a qr is mean to be tightened, and get ready for the barrage of abuse. |
Are these the same chaps that take 10 minutes to get their rear wheel off and tyre off when puncturing until in the end you say "give it here" and 2 minutes later you are on your way again. BTW £1500 was a hypothetical figure for illustrative purposes only  |
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mattr
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| B_Ugli wrote: |
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It's the £3, 4 and 5 grand bikes with gears that don't work, saddles on cock eyed, unuseable brakes and so on that make me cringe.
Try suggesting to someone that that isn't quite how a qr is mean to be tightened, and get ready for the barrage of abuse. |
Are these the same chaps that take 10 minutes to get their rear wheel off and tyre off when puncturing until in the end you say "give it here" and 2 minutes later you are on your way again. |
Yup.
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| BTW £1500 was a hypothetical figure for illustrative purposes only |
I did guess, but couldn't help myself, it wasn't really a very good figure for your target audience tho  |
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Iain Bonsall
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| mattr wrote: |
| And since when was £1500 an 'expensive' bike? |
It is for someone that may be new to cycling or just on a shoestring budget, every time someone asks me about cycling and how much a bike costs, they're usual response to ''they CAN cost anything from £1000+ in some cases'' is always ''ooh, that's expensive''.
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mattr
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Iain Bonsall wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
| And since when was £1500 an 'expensive' bike? |
It is for someone that may be new to cycling or just on a shoestring budget, every time someone asks me about cycling and how much a bike costs, they're usual response to ''they CAN cost anything from £1000+ in some cases'' is always ''ooh, that's expensive''. |
not that many on here new to cycling are there?
and £1000 to a non-cyclist is usually 'you could get a car for that'
Halfords is their spiritual home, or Hawk factory sales. |
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wobbly
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| B_Ugli wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
It's the £3, 4 and 5 grand bikes with gears that don't work, saddles on cock eyed, unuseable brakes and so on that make me cringe.
Try suggesting to someone that that isn't quite how a qr is mean to be tightened, and get ready for the barrage of abuse. |
Are these the same chaps that take 10 minutes to get their rear wheel off and tyre off when puncturing until in the end you say "give it here" and 2 minutes later you are on your way again. BTW £1500 was a hypothetical figure for illustrative purposes only |
 B_Ugli you just struck a chord !
mate in my club has fancy BMC/Dura-Ace. I once took his wheels out to get in the boot as we were going to ride a distant col. When we got there, he put front wheel in, then tipped bike upside down on grass to try and get back wheel in - we watched him get caked in oil ( hands and t-shirt ) before I said "Give it here and go clean yourself up - you muppet" |
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benlane
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| wobbly wrote: |
| B_Ugli wrote: |
| mattr wrote: |
It's the £3, 4 and 5 grand bikes with gears that don't work, saddles on cock eyed, unuseable brakes and so on that make me cringe.
Try suggesting to someone that that isn't quite how a qr is mean to be tightened, and get ready for the barrage of abuse. |
Are these the same chaps that take 10 minutes to get their rear wheel off and tyre off when puncturing until in the end you say "give it here" and 2 minutes later you are on your way again. BTW £1500 was a hypothetical figure for illustrative purposes only |
B_Ugli you just struck a chord !
mate in my club has fancy BMC/Dura-Ace. I once took his wheels out to get in the boot as we were going to ride a distant col. When we got there, he put front wheel in, then tipped bike upside down on grass to try and get back wheel in - we watched him get caked in oil ( hands and t-shirt ) before I said "Give it here and go clean yourself up - you muppet" |
I am often amazed how many people at races have this odd desire to turn their bike upside down to put the wheels in. |
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billyam998
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I am often amazed how many people at races have this odd desire to turn their bike upside down to put the wheels in. |
Could this be because their bike fettling skills have not moved on much since childhood days?
They obviously don't mind damaged hoods, and possibly if they forget it squished computer.
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