Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

My functional bike...

love the cat in that photo

My functional bike...

moving house much?

nah I love loaded up bikes, when I was little I spent literally days hacking bits of wheel and wood together to make shift trailers in which I could drag stuff around in. THe best bit was taking it to the allotments then thrashing through the potholes and puddles to see how much abuse it could take*

*normally, not much O_o

saw one of these yesterday, brilliant!

Saw one in Velorution, a pretty clever design (back wheel fold up to make it into a buggy).

love the cat in that photo

Roxy, super cute :)

moving house much?

nah I love loaded up bikes, when I was little I spent literally days hacking bits of wheel and wood together to make shift trailers in which I could drag stuff around in. THe best bit was taking it to the allotments then thrashing through the potholes and puddles to see how much abuse it could take*

*normally, not much O_o

I had just moved house and this me getting alot of my work stuff to new office (including the bike + trailer which are kept there)

saw one of these yesterday, brilliant!

Brilliant!

The biggest downside is that it become redundant after the child has grown up a bit, which mean you'll need to sell it on (or keep it if you're expecting more).

A Bakfiet is a much better investment that still have a lots of use even after the child has grown up (such as shopping).

I think the biggest downside really is anything that hits you, or anything you hit head on has already gone through your young child...

A worn but well loved classic Condor with TA cranks, 5 speeds (AFAIK), bar end shifter, nice moustache bar, etc.;

love it.

saw one of these yesterday, brilliant!

Build quality is really poor. Steer clear.

The biggest downside is that it become redundant after the child has grown up a bit, which mean you'll need to sell it on (or keep it if you're expecting more).

A Bakfiet is a much better investment that still have a lots of use even after the child has grown up (such as shopping).

And the fact it costs the same as a second hand car.

In my experience trikes with two wheels at the front tip quite easily when cornering. This one seems even narrower than the trikes I've tried, so I'd guess it's even more prone to tipping?

Build quality is really poor. Steer clear.

can see that from here.

excuse the shite iPhone pic..saw this at the skyride..thought it was pretty smart.

There is nothing functional about this bike. What about speedbumps?

The biggest downside is that it become redundant after the child has grown up a bit, which mean you'll need to sell it on (or keep it if you're expecting more).

a bit like a fnking pram then?

Correction; a £1400 pram.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/modular/4235369186/sizes/z/in/photostream/

what bars are these anyway?

Randonneur ones, like the Nitto's.

Look more like a Nitto Noodle though (Randos flare upward on the top);

The Noodle/Randonneur bar are super comfortable despite not having groove for brake/shifter.

http://www.rat-patrol.org/

Worth a look.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/5128675163_126e739422_b.jpg

^ that wouldn't need much more to look pretty good, different pedals and grips and brake levers would be all.

Jamis Aurora Elite - £1129.99srp
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/jamis/aurora-elite-2011-touring-bike-ec025753?query=jamis

Well specced and quite easy on the eye

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Well specced but you can do it for half that price.

Formula hubs, no pedals, budget seatpost&saddle... for nearly 1200gn!?. Do not want.
Realistically, you can put together something way better specced for half that price.