Foffa Bikes

this thread brings out the dickhead in most people who post in it. Fucking get over yourselves and leave it be

haha!

today you have double dicked yourself, i guess that counts as two in the stinkhole

and you have posted 16 times on this thread

Stahp james. Poor Dani deserves to use the forum as his free PR platform. Nobody else is allowed an opinion lest they be branded 'jealous' of his towering successes.

I still think his biggest coup is the Morgan deal.

I had to have a bit of a sit down when I read that.

Gonna have to get my dad to sell his Morgan now. Tis tainted...

Morgan have been in the business of tarting up old rubbish and flogging at hugely inflated prices to hipsters for about 50 years now, the synergy with Foffa seems natural.

Would like to see a ply wood Moffa colab.

Does a Foffa give the same feeling of impending doom on every roundabout/junction/corner when everything starts creaking and flexing? If so, then yes, perfect synergy.
For the record, I do love my pa's Morgan, he's not above trolling me on here as well so I'd best not be too mean about it...

I can't see Foffa springing for ash...

I thought Morgan made piers

This threads fun to read because everyones a bit angry

I can't see Foffa springing for ash...

He'll use recycled pallets and call it ash, then claim that his carpenter deceived him and has been sacked.

I thought Morgan made piers

You're thinking of Piers "Morgan" Moron, nothing to do with Morgan apart from having it as a nickname.

I still think his biggest coup is the Morgan deal.

I had to have a bit of a shit down when I read that.
Fixed.

Fixed.

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Surely there's still the other Foffa thread for poop-chat?
Should prob just stick to the facts/rumours/bullshit swaggering in this thread...

I think it got shat upon and rendered unusable by the moderators.

Tragic. Without doubt one of the top 5 threads of all time on here.

Hey all....

Really? I mean come on, really? You guys heap it out on a man defending his brand, HIS brand because all of what he sells has his name on, pointing out differences between his and other competing bikes, point out how inferior everything, it's really everything now, that his company produces yet how dare he say that something he makes is better than something somebody else makes... How very dare he.. The nerve of him being biased toward his own product.. Of course he will defend..

Yet seemingly Danni Foffa can't get a break here, at all... According to the wise, everything they make is shit.. Is that right? I don't want to start a bun fight on a forum but that kind of rampant shortsighted elitism make me want to puke! I presume that you have all tried a Foffa bike? No? Oh...

Look, I'm not trying to say I know better, I don't know bikes I know computers but seriously, it almost seems that I would get a better bike than a Foffa by dropping £350 at Halfords...

Is that what we are all saying?

Personally, I don't really care if the head of a company is a bit of a cock or not, if the product are good for the price point then they're of interest. I have still not decided on where to place my hard earned cash...

Jury is still open there....

Fibblesnork you melt did you read any of the recent posts before spouting this nonsense?

Fibblesnork you melt did you read any of the recent posts before spouting this nonsense?

Melt? Ok I don't follow... I did review recent posts but maybe I missed something? I have seen a lot of dung being thrown around... I think Uber Gruber may be a scatophile...

What did I miss?

Although your frameset is supposedly 100% cromo, the quality is terrible and they are really not that light. Since you moved production of your frames from Taiwan to China*, the quality of the welds has become very poor and the tube profiles on the fork and stays are horrible. The only particularly good thing about the frameset is the cast track ends and instead of using the built in chain tensioners, you've opted for 1 really cheap and nasty lollipop tensioner, on the drive side only, which I'm guessing has saved you about 2p per bike. The Charge does have cheaper track ends but otherwise the quality of the frame, especially the tube set, is of a significantly higher standard.

As for componentry, you did not mention the saddle. The Charge comes with their Spoon saddle and while by the nature of bicycle saddles, it will not be a perfect fit for everyone, it is probably the best middle ground saddle I know of in it's price range and it is a country mile ahead of the retro styled cheapo you have chosen for your bikes. The seatpost albeit a budget alloy affair is still significantly better that yours, which is fitted with a pressed steel clamp I might add.

The headset you use is one of the worst components on your bikes and like all cheap threaded headsets, the tab washer is made of cheese, making it an absolute nightmare to adjust. Charge have seen the error of their ways and gone back to a threadless setup this year. It's half decent quality, easy to adjust and it will stay tight!!!

You mentioned the sealed hubs and I'm glad to hear you will be speccing sealed bearings in future. These are a big plus, especially as a lot of people buying these kind of bikes are not always that hot on maintenance. Otherwise, apart from the aesthetics, I wouldn't say there's much in it between the two wheel sets.

Finally there's the little details, like the quality of the bar tape and the chrome cable clips that the charge comes with.

This may sound harsh, although I'm sure you will agree, no harsher than your criticism of the Plug but it is my honest opinion. If you go back a few pages, you will find that about this time last year, I was singing the praises of your bikes over the Charge Plug. They really were very good but unfortunately, just as you were starting to get it right, you have slashed costs, on every component and now they are very cheap.

So I guess in summary, that's where I think the extra hundred pounds goes and personally I think it's worth it.

*I am quite aware that there are many products made in China of as good or better quality than many made in Taiwan, you get what you pay for etc. but I believe this is the case in this particular situation.

Does this satisfy you that it is not all unjust shit slinging?

There's a lot of bull crap floating around for sure, but Chris here gives what seems to be a well informed and unbiased response.

Fibblesnork or FOFFA??????

There's a lot of bull crap floating around for sure, but Chris here gives what seems to be a well informed and unbiased response.

Let's face it, Chris probably wants to attract Foffa's business to Borneo.

#ulteriormotive

TM, I see your point... But both these are sub £500 and at that price point, £100 is a big difference...

Maybe my eyes were burned by all of the feces that I see....!!

And reculver, it's definitely me not Dan... And I'm still in the nursery :(

Fibblesnork or FOFFA??????

Just a few posts in the foffa thread