Ways not to lock your bike

When I had someone like that who did the same thing, I asked them to provided me the cost of the bicycle they've paid for, put it in a spreadsheet with labour cost/repair/etc. and compared it to the cheapest OTP bicycle we sell (Jamis Trail XR), which doesn't need any servicing after a couple of months (including free service and adjustment when needed).

The supermarket one came out costing more, it's the only way I can convince them that it's not worth buying.

china, idiots, cheapest one in tescos

neeext

Yeah, I knew that, was a rhetorical question really.... is that the correct spelling.

They go to A6 cycles, Snottyotter tells them how much their cheapest new bikes are. Offers to show them the second-hand ones, but they shun them, and are directed to Tesco/Halfords/Argos.

They then return a few months later with a wreck which was never properly assembled, pleading poverty and wanting free repairs, or they come back a week later wanting their mail-order/supermarket-box bike properly assembled and are astounded by how much a mechanic's time costs to do that kind of check and setup.

Lost causes.

I don't think I would buy anything from ottysnotter either.

When I had someone like that who did the same thing, I asked them to provided me the cost of the bicycle they've paid for, put it in a spreadsheet with labour cost/repair/etc. and compared it to the cheapest OTP bicycle we sell (Jamis Trail XR), which doesn't need any servicing after a couple of months (including free service and adjustment when needed).

The supermarket one came out costing more, it's the only way I can convince them that it's not worth buying.

What is this OTP?

Those Jamis do look alright for the money... I like the way they don't waste budget on some shitty sus forks.

They go to A6 cycles, Snottyotter tells them how much their cheapest new bikes are. Offers to show them the second-hand ones, but they shun them, and are directed to Tesco/Halfords/Argos.

They then return a few months later with a wreck which was never properly assembled, pleading poverty and wanting free repairs, or they come back a week later wanting their mail-order/supermarket-box bike properly assembled and are astounded by how much a mechanic's time costs to do that kind of check and setup.

Lost causes.

Have you been watching me work?

And £25 to do a new bike from somewhere else or online.

Have you been watching me work?

You had a tipsy mild bitch about it at polo last week.

That I did.

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this is properly terrible, must be a troll

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this is properly terrible, must be a troll

:(

In Kensington, but still!?

Normal, even our Prime Minister did that and got it stolen when he went into Tesco.

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this is properly terrible, must be a troll

i bloody well hope its a troll

Normal, even our Prime Minister did that and got it stolen when he went into Tesco.

But we already know he's a cunt...

He wasn't Prime Minister back then yet, either.

great job!

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teh fuck? this is my bike, obviously taken before i owned it though.

It must be the season for locking to short posts :s

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It's like horses in westerns. You just have to throw a rope over a nearby railing to stop your bike from wandering off.

These wire fences can be cut with a sponge, yet each day I see loads of bikes in the same spot. They don't even go through a wheel, it is astonishing

teh fuck? this is my bike, obviously taken before i owned it though.

About 5 mins before you owned it? :P

It must be the season for locking to short posts :s

I've locked to short posts before, but using a D-lock, and only to short posts with a nobble on top.

Even took the fitting lol

Some brain dead people about

That one has been there for a good long while now!