No, I meant one with a residual value of around £69, if you're paying £69 :).
If they paid by paypal, that's £34.76, so it's at a smidge under half what they paid. While you should be able to get about what you paid for a secondhand bike back.
I thought it was accepted that reviews on a site such as Halford's weren't considered credible evidence for a variety of reasons.
I'm currently riding around around on a fair bit worse bike (cheap full suspension I got for free - front end thankfully is rusted solid and rear brake cable snapped), I generally use none of the £100 of safety equipment discussed above. I still wouldn't pay £70 for this bike.
For road use a year ago or so (it's now got stolen, thus using what I have) I paid £115 for a secondhand but almost-new 'town' 700c hybrid. A massively better choice than this for getting around - I'd say up the extra £45 (or less, if you get a bit tattier one) and go that route personally.
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adamski88
13 May 13#1
I wouldn't buy it folks. My girlfriend bought the same one a year ago, it's really heavy and therefore very slow. She used it about 3 times and its been rotting out the back ever since
Uridium
13 May 13#2
Only it's not...it weighs 14.5kg
Biker.Jeff
13 May 13#3
Personally I wouldn't dream of buying crap like this...... But in its favour at least it doesn't have suspension. Gears are Shimano Tourney, which are perfectly acceptable for this bike and I don't considider 14.5 kilos exceptionally heavy, its about the same as my Ridgeback hybrid that I used to have and I could easily carry that one handed up steps. Its likely to have plastic brake levers and pressed steel v brakes, which are fragile and will break easy. Its cheap, but its a BSO, and that's all you can expect for this money.
SFconvert
13 May 13#4
■Front Mech: Ningbo power industries top pull
I think that's the same version Mark Cavendish uses on his bike. Good price by the way for a BSO, fine to use in the dry a few times a year. It seems quite light for a steel framed MTB, is that weigh accurate?
davester2k
13 May 13#5
The fact that you've had countless bikes suggests you buy cheap bikes?
Biker.Jeff
13 May 13#6
It might be correct, it might not..... if it is correct, its only a few hundred grams heavier than the Carrera Subway Limited Edition, that people get excited about when its posted on here. Not that i'm in any way endorsing this Trax..... but just putting into context the posts saying its heavy.
Skymonkey
13 May 13#7
It's a great price. The kind of bike you can ride around town, out on the road and rough paths. The type of bike you can leave chained up without worrying about it being half inched. Here in Cambridge, that's one massive worry... I almost bought a £500 bike but worried about it being stolen... £70 on a great lock etc - this bike costs that much and eliminates anxiety.
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If they paid by paypal, that's £34.76, so it's at a smidge under half what they paid. While you should be able to get about what you paid for a secondhand bike back.
I thought it was accepted that reviews on a site such as Halford's weren't considered credible evidence for a variety of reasons.
I'm currently riding around around on a fair bit worse bike (cheap full suspension I got for free - front end thankfully is rusted solid and rear brake cable snapped), I generally use none of the £100 of safety equipment discussed above.
I still wouldn't pay £70 for this bike.
For road use a year ago or so (it's now got stolen, thus using what I have) I paid £115 for a secondhand but almost-new 'town' 700c hybrid.
A massively better choice than this for getting around - I'd say up the extra £45 (or less, if you get a bit tattier one) and go that route personally.
All comments (59)
But in its favour at least it doesn't have suspension. Gears are Shimano Tourney, which are perfectly acceptable for this bike and I don't considider 14.5 kilos exceptionally heavy, its about the same as my Ridgeback hybrid that I used to have and I could easily carry that one handed up steps.
Its likely to have plastic brake levers and pressed steel v brakes, which are fragile and will break easy.
Its cheap, but its a BSO, and that's all you can expect for this money.
I think that's the same version Mark Cavendish uses on his bike.
Good price by the way for a BSO, fine to use in the dry a few times a year. It seems quite light for a steel framed MTB, is that weigh accurate?
Not that i'm in any way endorsing this Trax..... but just putting into context the posts saying its heavy.
Deal.