Cyclist Again

[mudskipper]

What about the indoor static bike for spinning during the winter?

And the vintage bike so you can go to old bike rallies.

[DaveB]

I'd suggest you need (as a bare minimum)

- Road/race bike
- Mountain bike
- Touring/commuter bike
- folding bike

And optionally

- unicycle
- tandem

- Road/race bike - Check
- Mountain bike - Check
- Touring/commuter bike - Check
- folding bike - No

What about the indoor static bike for spinning during the winter?

Check (Well, a turbo trainer I attach the road bike to).

And the vintage bike so you can go to old bike rallies.

Doubles as the commuter. Technically not vintage, but it is 30 years old.

[Bunk]

- Road/race bike - Check
- Mountain bike - Check
- Touring/commuter bike - Check
- folding bike - No



Check (Well, a turbo trainer I attach the road bike to).



Doubles as the commuter. Technically not vintage, but it is 30 years old.

No unicycle? Pfft, call yourself a cyclist

[OwlHoot]

Again, what does one get for a £1000 or even £2500 folding bike that one doesn't for say a £400 one?

[ctdctd]

Again, what does one get for a £1000 or even £2500 folding bike that one doesn't for say a £400 one?

A chauffeur?

[SueEllen]

Again, what does one get for a £1000 or even £2500 folding bike that one doesn't for say a £400 one?

It nicked.


Bike thieves, unless they are drunk, don't bother with cheaper bikes.

[mudskipper]

Again, what does one get for a £1000 or even £2500 folding bike that one doesn't for say a £400 one?

You can claim back the VAT on the £2500 one.

[NickFitz]

You can claim back the VAT on the £2500 one.

Don't forget the Cycle to Work scheme: Expenses and benefits: bikes for employees

[NickFitz]

Just took it out for a spin round the neighbourhood, and reached three conclusions:

1. It felt perfectly solid under my 14 stone weight, though with a 32" inside leg I need the saddle fully-extended for it to be comfortable to ride; anybody taller would probably be out of luck, unless they had very stumpy legs.
   
   
2. It's definitely geared for a fairly gentle cycle along rather than zooming about like a mad, or even a mildly eccentric, thing. Once I'd got used to it I worked up the gears to a moderate speed, at which point I discovered I was in the seventh and top gear, and would only go any faster by pedalling faster.
   
   
3. I am even more unfit than I thought and will not be cycling the 3 miles to ClientCo for at least a week or two while I build my once-sturdy leg muscles back up It'll have to be gentle rides to the pub and back until I start getting into shape again

[Mich the Tester]

- Road/race bike - Check
- Mountain bike - Check
- Touring/commuter bike - Check
- folding bike - No



Check (Well, a turbo trainer I attach the road bike to).



Doubles as the commuter. Technically not vintage, but it is 30 years old.

Yep, Racing bike to ride from hotel to clientco and back (about 25km round trip) and ride at weekends, take the wheels off and it fits in the car boot, a track bike for the occasional blast around Apeldoorn velodrome, touring bike to ride to the pub with Lady Tester and a BMX to piss around outside as if I'm still 16. Plus a tacx VR trainer to ride all the spring classics without leaving my living room.

Yesterday I was out on the racing bike, and doing my usual thing of tagging on to someone going fairly quickly I ended up blasting along with Jorrit Bergsma who's a professional speed skater and number 2 in the world over 10kms, swapping places to lead through the wind. Fook me, he is quick; I managed about 7kms along with him and then just couldn't quite manage it any more and turned off to one of my usual routes. Bloody good workout though, just not very clever of me to go straight to a wine tasting event afterwards. He was probably just having an easy morning on the bike!