Pushbikes. Anyone ride? What have you got?

[threaded]

I wonder how well a rider in the Tour De France would do riding a Brompton? It annoys me that these races are so restrictive with regard to bicycle designs, I would love to find out what the best type of bike is in terms of wheel radius, tyre width and formulation, aerodynamic fairings, etc.

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[shoes]

I've got a grifter, I like the way you can turn the thing to the green bit for the grass. weee.

[conned tractor]

Kona Kula cira mid 90s was one of my favourite bikes.

Raced a Mongoose Supergoose 3 back in the 80s ... took me to top 5 in the country that did ...

The supergoose was not far off the dogs back in the day. Had a kuwi with skyways that I wish I still had seeing the price they fetch nowadays. I take it you raced back in the day. Was you a sponsored rider? It was always a dream of mine to turn pro.

And 90's kona hold their own against modern bikes. When I started looking for a new commuter bike all I saw in the shops was pretty crappy around the few hundred quid mark compared to the kona I bought new over 10 years ago. So figured that sourcing another similar wouldn't be too bad an idea. It just happened that exactly the same model came up at the right price. Stuck some slicks on it and its not a bad commuter and with the spare wheelset can be changed for off road use at the drop of a hat.

[Durbs]

You just can't beat the classics.....

......until you snag your plums on the gear lever.

[Moscow Mule]

Had a kuwi with skyways that I wish I still had seeing the price they fetch nowadays.

I had a super tuff burner. Mum gave it away. Silly mare.

[The_Equalizer]

Dawes Galaxy which was bought second-hand for £200. Had a great summer a couple of years back when benched just spending sunny afternoons cycling round bits of Kent.

Like hi-fi and cars, I never understand why people by bikes new.

[SuperZ]

I want a Penny-farthing so I can feel like the bicycle equivelant of a BMW X5 driver, better than everyone else .

I would like a carbon-fibre Giant if someone were to buy it for me.

[oversteer]

Like hi-fi and cars, I never understand why people by bikes new.

If you have the knowhow and proper tools to replace bits, then I agree. A year old, used bike is probably going to need a few bits done. But, bike DIY is easy to learn and tools are cheap.

Only downside is where you buy them from (eg everything on Gumtree is probably nicked).

[threaded]

If you have the knowhow and proper tools to replace bits, then I agree. A year old, used bike is probably going to need a few bits done. But, bike DIY is easy to learn and tools are cheap.

Only downside is where you buy them from (eg everything on Gumtree is probably nicked).

Day to day tasks are easy, and can mostly be done with a set of small spanners and a large monkey wrench.

Full on maintenance will gradually find yourself with a tool-kit to rival a professional car mechanic, and will have cost more. For example most car mechanics get away with just one torque wrench, a bike mechanic on MTBs will find they need three to do stuff correctly because of the different ranges required.

[bobhope]

A couple of Treks + a fleet of crappy bikes for doing short trips that won't get nicked at the train station.

The fleet is because it's normally cheaper just to buy a new bike rather than fix anything major on it.