Perhaps better taking your off topic 'comedy' to the misc forum then rather than attempting to derail the thread here.

John

I ride a boardman single speed with carbon forks. This is a good deal. Would like to know the weight though, should be very light. Bargain if your looking to get into cycling.

But ain't someone with a 10-geared £80 Halfords special gonna give ya thrapping?

good deal, heat added.

WOW. If only the women's one was for men and same as the mens bike price. Heat added still.

There's something wrong with the picture of the specs - there's clearly no brakes on the picture (which is normal for a track bike) although the specs do list brakes. If it is a track bike with no brakes, its use is pretty limited compared to a single speed road bike.

John

Perfect for a hill climb :smiley:

Or people without bad knees?

Hmm so why is the women's bike almost 3 times the cost of the men's bike, a trend I noticed recently at my local chippy, when I asked for a small bag of chips @ 80p the male of the premises gave me a nice weighty portion (ooh matron snigger, (yes I spelt that one right, now I have to use double parentheses, what a drag.)) whilst his wife a female occupant of the said chippy establishment would give me a most definite small portion , this led me along a path of mystery and mostly misogyny let's face it. The fact I'm alluding to is that the female of the species whilst derelicted by their financial benefiting allusions favour a more financially beneficial portion according to profit I definitely would snigger (yes, how many times I spelt it right! Christ on a bike, a cheap one mind you) about that one.

Perhaps better taking your off topic 'comedy' to the misc forum then rather than attempting to derail the thread here.

John

You can buy your £1000 bike with the change left over from your £1400 TV.

I'm not sure the act of pulling a shiny lever can be judged to be a conscious decision to brake or not brake as the pullee cannot know ahead of the event the possible sequence to unfurl from such a tiny action. There is further dispute as to whether the bicycle is slowing or indeed the spin speed of the earth.

not a Cervelo COLD! :P

The single speed looks like a commuter bike - low maintenance, no gears and light. Good deal. I may check out the cycle2work scheme ( you a hire a bike so get it at I think tax and ni discount with option to by at end). My only problem is the company has no showers and limited bike lockers.

2.2k for the womens road bike seems very ott for the spec.......

The track bike doesn't appear have brakes , as it shouldn't !!??

The bike should come with brakes and lights - I maybe wrong but think its a legal requirement for all bike sold in the uk to be road safe.
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Do you not break by pedaling backwards?

There seems be lot confusion

if its track bike it would be as appears in picture .

totally useless away from the track

I usually record all my bike rides on strava. It all depends on the gearing. My boardman is a 48t with a 16t freewheel and I have averaged 18 mph on a 20 mile cycle ride. I think the most you can go is about 22 mph in my gearing before you just spin out, going down hill I have got to 40 mph but not cycling at that speed. Because you don't have gears though it means less maintaince and less weight. I went up portsdown hill which is pretty steep on my single speed with a guy on a giant geared bike in front and he was shocked that I kept up behind him going up hill but I explained because I have less weight and also I'm not thinking about gears as I have none I am more focused on getting up the hill (plus my legs are stronger). On single speed you will train better and become stronger because you have no gears, it's not a bad thing. You can spend a long time adjusting a geared bike so a single speed saves time. Personally I choose single speed over a geared bike for this sort of price because you will get a better and lighter frame. If you want to spend £1000+ on a bike you will go faster than me but I only paid £300 for myou boardman with carbon forks and aluminum frame. For £300 you will get a steel piece of s**t from halfords that weighs a ton in comparison. Honestly unless you live in a very hilly area you probably don't need gears. Just ask yourself one question "do you ride around in one gear 99% of the time" if the answer is yes get a single speed like this one. I can't vouch for this bike but I wanted to give a my input as I do ride a bike like this.

Yes you could brake using the pedals and don't need the brakes.

The bike will however come will come with brakes already fitted to the bike (so it's road safe) and its up to you if you want to remove the brakes or not.

Can you cycling experts recommend a more hybrid bike I could use on road, and slightly off road on the forest paths please! Around this price range. Was going to pick this up but can see there's very little give and would not make a great bike anywhere but the roads! Thank you in advance.