The Guardian's bike blog

Nothing positive has come from your article. I'd go as far as to say that it's really ill-advised.

1. It's not an interesting story - Create have been doing the exact same thing for years and as a result are probably the most common bike on the road these days. Also Charge do a very similar thing but to a much higher standard and have won over much of the cycling community with their budget bikes. Either would have been a better subject.
   
2. You've slated a forum which is pretty unequivocally apposed to dangerous bikes and helps a lot of newbies to be safe. (For free.) At the same time you've spotlighted a company churning out poor value, dangerous mechanics (see brake cable pic above) that WILL lead to injury or worse.
   
3. You've contributed, in a national newspaper, to the shitty stereotypes that we all face on the road every day.
   
   

Nice work, Peter.