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TBH I'm actually quite glad Peter's come in here to directly engage with you monsters. It does show a level of professional integrity that in the (fairly short) time I've been here I haven't really seen very often from journalists (thinking specifically of that awful creature from the Hackney Hive and the various hack job articles that were done after interviews / material was provided), so fair play to him.
Peter, I don't agree with your view that horrible, dangerous bikes are good 'starter' bikes, even for a general audience, and if I were selling horrible, dangerous bikes I would certainly make sure that they held up at least long enough for the cyclist to pedal away from the shop before it fell apart. That said, it is good of you to turn up to be disagreed with ;)
I do hope you stick around, grumpiness notwithstanding.