"Old skool hooligans bikes" anyone know anything?

Aw C'mon. There's plenty of room for create and these crap heaps. Give them a brake.

Some bikes have labels because that defines something quite crucial: that they were built by craftsmen. But yeah there's a lot snobbery associated with some 'brand-loyalty'. Thing is, if your Pashley snapped, they'd probably replace it quicksmart, bad for business innit. So would these guys too I expect^.
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not so, a guy i know is in a long winded going to court thing with them after there bike failed on him in the middle of crossing an A road, full on snapped crank after owning it 3 months.

anyway besides the point

(beacuse i keep getting annoying mails about this, i was referring to pashly)

Roboto... hardly completely complimentary, I mentioned the cheap components, squeaky saddle, flimsy front brake. And no I'm not associated with the makers. Just wanted to give my viewpoint on the bike. If it doesn't coincide with yours, well there you go. BTW my name is Jimi, not James, hence the user name.

All I wanted was a cheap bike with few moving parts to go wrong, and that's what I got.

Cheers Skully, good reply, enjoy your shiteheap too! Oh and I don't call it the 'hooligan', just, 'my bike', haha!

not so, a guy i know is in a long winded going to court thing with them after there bike failed on him in the middle of crossing an A road, full on snapped crank after owning it 3 months.

anyway besides the point

Well, I'll be damned. Hadn't heard that they were failing this badly. I stand corrected.

Jimin... Still, your only 2 posts are on this subject. I'm a relatively new member, it just smells a bit fishy to me tbh.

Enjoy your bike but don't come crying to me when you end up getting injured as a result of the components failing on you.

Well, I'll be damned. Hadn't heard that they were failing this badly. I stand corrected.

it might just be isolated, but there trying to say he rode it wrong, i don't see how using it to commute is wrong when the arm snaps clean in half but there we go

apparently when the ambulance came the guy said something like 'are you trying to ride fixed'

Yes, this bike of mine, it's unbelievable. It's as good as a £2500 bike, no question. When you ride it over a bump, it takes off, right, and flies for ooh, at least three or four hundred yards, amazing. The build quality is exemplary, and it goes so fast that I met myself coming back from the supermarket this morning, before I even set off.

I don't own the company, honest, but I wish I did, I really do. Whoever set it up is a genius, right? To produce a bicycle of such exquisite quality, at such a reasonable price, and when it arrived, there was a box of chocolates and a Playboy centrefold in the box with it. She was suffering a bit from exhaustion and oxygen deprivation but the idea was nice.

Ooh, Roboto, my chain just snapped, I fell off and grazed my knee. Please kiss it better for me. Hang on a minute... graphic designer... from Shoreditch... you're not Nathan Barley are you?

Yes, this bike of mine, it's unbelievable. It's as good as a £2500 bike, no question. When you ride it over a bump, it takes off, right, and flies for ooh, at least three or four hundred yards, amazing. The build quality is exemplary, and it goes so fast that I met myself coming back from the supermarket this morning, before I even set off.

I don't own the company, honest, but I wish I did, I really do. Whoever set it up is a genius, right? To produce a bicycle of such exquisite quality, at such a reasonable price, and when it arrived, there was a box of chocolates and a Playboy centrefold in the box with it. She was suffering a bit from exhaustion and oxygen deprivation but the idea was nice.

Ooh, Roboto, my chain just snapped, I fell off and grazed my knee. Please kiss it better for me. Hang on a minute... graphic designer... from Shoreditch... you're not Nathan Barley are you?

Ok, we get it... You are a twat! You've done very well to find out how to click on my profile and find the information on there I made public. Of course I'm fucking Nathan Barley, every designer living in the east is innit?!

If you are a legit member, perhaps you'd like to use the board more appropriately and use it as a source of information for fellow cyclists. Just sayin.

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Roboto, it is appropriate use of the forums to call people twats then? As an outsider, looking for information on these bikes before purchasing, you come across as much more of a twat than a proud owner who gives an honest review of the bike in question.

I think I'll go ahead and purchase the OSH bike from eBay soon, it will be my first SS and I am slightly concerned given that my winter training has been lacklustre to say the least. Still luckily as a Southern Bastard, there aren't any real hills around anyway!

Azo, you have to have a tough skin on this forum or you won't enjoy the banter. The guy got on my nerves, I let him know. He took everything far too seriously and then started the insults on me. Life goes on.

I would suggest maybe checking out a few other options before purchasing and OSH for your first SS.

You mention training, I'd probably try and find a bike that will stay in one piece after being pushed a bit harder than a nodder likes to push. The owner of OSH himself says that the bikes don't deal well with "abuse" which, by all accounts seems to be riding on Londons super smooth roads!

While you're on here do some searching and you would probably find something better for a little bit extra money. If you've read the whole thread then you'll see eventually you will be spending a lot of money upgrading all your parts soon enough.

Research now, save later

As the old saying goes, you pay for what you get.

I see Sports Direct are advertising some mens Hybrid looking bike for £49. Why pay more!

just beat the cut off. OHHH YEAH!

So where's that guys posts gone?

I just thought I'd actually compile the thoughts from people who've used them.

So on the whole the chain and pedals sound shit, but the afterservice seems reasonable. But for £150 (after spending an extra £30 on pedals and a chain) it still seems like a good deal.

Personally for that money I would always go secondhand. But not everyone want that.

my mate have one, so far it hasn't broke down, chain snapped, etc. for 5 weeks, so here's hoping that it's durable enough for a day to day bike.

Spoken to a girl who own on in Bloomsbury about it - she said her chain broke after riding for a few weeks, and got it replaced at a bike shop.

just so you know, as not everyone complain directly to you when they just went to the other way by getting it replaced at a bike shop, worth finding alternative chain that doesn't break so easily (and she was more of a casual rider).

I replied to another thread on this subject as I'm a happy owner of said bike. I've been riding mine hard since March 09. Other than a pedal falling apart and the seat squeaking like mad (both since changed) I love it.

i own one of these. within about 5 or 6 rides a pedal disintergrated and a crank fell off whilst cycling down old street. i'm not even a mental cyclist. the guy was very quick to offer a refund though.

I have one of those bikes....i liked the colour and wanted coaster brakes. but OMG i have replaced every single component on the bike since April, all the parts are cheap CHEAP, the back wheels went first kept buckling, peddles fell apart, chain stretched, crank and bracket died and hub had to be replaced! I should have just dumped the bike but had already spent money getting the wheel rebuilt, also the tyres cracked as they only go up to 35psi! so now the only original feature is the orange frame!
It now works like a dream with decent parts!!!
if you plan to cycle further than the shops DO NOT BUY AN OLD SKOOL HOOLIGAN BIKE!!!!!!!

DO NOT buy one of these piece of crap bikes. I got one and the pedal fell off within half an hour of riding. I'm not riding it any harder than my 30 year old Dutch bike - and already the wheels are really buckled and the chain is stretched so much it's made my 30 min journey to work a 40 min journey with having to stop and put the chain back on so much.

Also it rusted all over the "chrome" parts within 2 weeks.

Usually I'd say you get what you pay for - but here I think I've gotten even less.

If you want a cool looking 'retro' orange bike with white tyres - just build one yourself. Or get someone to do it for you. Yes it will cost you more, but in the end you will have to spend that extra money on replacing all the bits which fall off. And it will make you really angry every time something new goes wrong with it.

And to boot - I can't enjoy my old Silver Sun records any more because I'm so pissed off.

Hi all

I've had one of these bikes for about eighteen months now. I ride it every few days, around town and sometimes on longer trips.

It's certainly not made of the most expensive components, the seat squeaks like crazy, and the front brake is flimsy. However as the back pedal brake is so efficient I rarely use the front, I can always change the saddle, I got pretty much what I expected... for £120 it was never going to be a Pashley. And from looking at forums, Pashley don't use very good components either. Pay for the name?

This bike ticked all the boxes for me. I didn't want a cheap 21 speed mountain bike from anywhere because they all have the v brakes, 21 speeds, gadgets and gizmos... I wanted something simple and low maintenance, which is exactly what I got. Anytime I did go into Halfords, or any other bike shop, the sales people would guide me away from the bottom of the range machines anyway, telling me they wouldn't last.

This bike is perfect for casual use. I'd love to get a lighter framed bike with better components but until I can find one that fits the bill, I'm sticking with what I have. No maintenance needed at all in 18 months, and I've had nothing but compliments on it.

So plus one for this bike. It won't win the Giro but there are no pushy sales people and it does look pretty cool, individual anyway. Next time I park it at the train station I'll take a photo of thirty or so drab looking mountain bikes with this next to them and post it here. No stickers on the frame either, I hate labels.

Thumbs up!

Jim

Wow, really wish I'd found this before I embarked on my first diy bike job.

Although i've read here personal preference is varied on the bright orange, plastic looking bikes, I totally love it being bright and standing out. I only (still) need a bike to commute through london with my violin on my back as my BMX isn't reaaaally suitable, so after looking at the site and trying to save my meager earnings i found a frame for £20 on ebay.

Eager beaver I am, i read the caption saying '26" wheels', bought the frame, white wheels, white leather seat, post, pedals, + a wrong wheel and waited.

I'll say that the guy who made it didn't know how to differentiate the seat post size ( which I didn't know either til I asked, but I don't make bikes) and was quite rude and unhelpful.
Also, didn't realise that coaster wheels I a bit more difficult and expensive to come by, and the frame is in fact 28" wheels, the oldest version they did, which is too big for me and my tires etc are 26".

NOW everything lies in bits, having spent nearly £80 on parts that don't go together, i was almost determined to make it work. A bike mechanic friend suggested creating an adaptor part to make the brakes fit 26" wheels, but from reading this, is it even worth it?

I did try researching what kind of bike I wanted, as it's only for road use commuting in London, and I can't afford more than £150-200 can anyone suggest a sensible use of my bike parts/ a bike to buy that will serve me well?
I thought about chucking it in the river, so that's covered.

Ta.

haha, possibly a mountain bike or old school 3 speed town bike seeing as thats you've bought kit for. Find a local bike shop or old man on the street who has a few bikes lying around, talk to him. You'll hvae a good working bike in no time, that or go down to drinks and ask around?

also, your 26" wheels will fit into the frame if its made to take 28"ers surely?

also, your 26" wheels will fit into the frame if its made to take 28"ers surely?

Well I thought that they would fit too, but when we fitted it the brakes were restong on the tyres themselves not on the metal wheel rim: thus my friend suggested making or finding some kind of adaptor or 'lengthener' so that the brakes were positioned lower, to fit the 26". If there is such a thing or someone made it, then all would fine!

I don't really like mountian bikes but yes, i have been looking at town bikes or bikes with the dutch style handlebars, similar to Old Skool Hooligan, but not sure what is a 'good' one to get, as I can't afford Pashley and that's the only one I know anything about.