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Any further specifics? Colours etc and any usual spec changes.

Also were they locked at all, it's useful for us all to know which locks are vulnerable

Sorry,

The Road Speed L had a non-stock Mavic front wheel which was slightly buckled. It was a light yellow colour. Beige suede seat also non-stock.

The Mongoose was essentially a beater. No break shoes. Pretty knackered wheels. Generally in crap condition all round.

They were locked together, but stupidly, not to anything. The lock was an Asus D-Lock, but this wouldn't really make any odds as they weren't locked to anything (The assholes broke through the gate and round the back)

Had 2 bikes stolen last night from West Norwood. They were locked in my garden

Koga Miyata Road Speed L
Mongoose Maurice 2010

Not holding out much hope. But if anyone spots either of them being sold please mail me at

Thanks guys. Really gutted about the Koga.. I loved it. :(

Miyata frames are around the same weight as Reynolds 531. Usually they come with all Shimano bits. £450 seems a little steep tho.

It's a lovely bike! Thanks Mate!

Maybe they needed my bike for that ;) :(

They said this was the case with me. Only no card. Nothing left with neighbour. Poof. Bike gone.

Paid by PayPal. I have been in lengthy discussions with the guy who sold it to me. He's been nothing but completely helpful - Even to the extent of phoning premium rate lines in the UK from Holland...

I understand that it's in the hands of the seller to a certain degree. He has done his best to track down what has happened to the bike. But keeps hitting brick walls when he has to deal with HDNL / YODEL... All we want is Proof of Delivery. Neither of us seem to be able to get it from them.

Just put in Yodel Reviews or HDNL reviews in Google for other tales of absolute woe. Just awful.

Sorry to bore you all with a tale of woe.

I ordered a bike on here a while back (4 weeks or so ago) and it was shipped by the reputable and very helpful person on here I bought it from, by TNT Post Netherlands.

On the 8th September it allegedly arrived at it's destination. According to the TNT Post tracking system. Only it hadn't arrived. Nor was there any form of calling card.

I then go away on holiday and contact the supplier, who tells me that the Home Delivery Network are the courier who dealt with it once it reached the UK.

Once I get back from holiday I call them to ask where my parcel is. They tell me it's gone 2 doors down to my neighbour. I knock on their door and they have not seen it. They weren't even in on the 8th September.

I am now in the process of trying to get information about where my bike has gone. A very difficult process, as they refuse to give me a proof of delivery - The driver didn't leave a calling card, nor did he get the name of the person who signed for it.

There is literally no end in sight. I have lost a £275 bike and nobody seems to be able to help.

So .. Word of warning. Do not, under any circumstances use The Home Delivery network or Yodel to deliver your precious cargo. They are completely shit, will lose it, chuck it in a skip or simply steal it.

Pmed

Some wheels

A V8 turbocharged engine

got smashed up 3 weeks ago in Norbury a car though.
Road passed the Streatham Ice rink accident tonight on my way out. Truck, bus's, police cars.
yeah just saw outline,did not see the rider. so great to read rider mad it to hospital alive. still clearing away on my way back. good to see the police taking it seriously with evidence gathering.
a frosty reminder tonight.
if you are in Mayday Hospital they will look after you, foods a bit dodgy.
Swift recovery fella. thoughts are with you.

+1

Beautiful Mercian with galvanized mudguards and fabulous handlebars locked up outside The Florence in Herne Hill...

Very nice bicycle.

Ok cool, soz.

Still don't see what's oldschool or hooligan about it..

Look closer... ;)

Its been posted elsewhere, someone is selling one... Still... Nice bike.

One of a limited edition of Salvador Dali signature frames.

Does this bike look perfect when you are on shrooms?

Am I a wrong 'un for actually quite liking this... It's pimpy.. All gold an' that. Like a pimp's gold chalice and stuff. Would look good with ermine cycling shorts.

But then I liked Raleigh Bombers when I was a kid, maybe that's what it is.

In a clown suit, down Hoxton

It's given me the fear.. How can anyone be that stupi.........

"baby blue fixie"..

Oh yeah.

Ok.

I have a Mongoose Maurice and have been riding it around for the last month or so, so I thought I'd give you my opinion on it.

CONS

When I bought it, one or two of the rear spokes were a little loose. This seems to have been caused by the idiots at E**ns forcing a wheel reflector a little too hard towards the rim... I soon tightened it up so it's now fine.

The bike came covered in extraneous stickers... (Er FUCK OFF E*ANS - Why would I want your stickers all over my bike) - Most of which came off easily, but not so, with the worst thing I think about this bike.. The wheels... The orange paint is really poor, powdery and came off when I removed the Weinemann stickers a little... Perhaps I should have left them on, but I thought they looked shitty.... I would say that the wheels on this bike are a little flimsy feeling. They will do for now, but the paint has flaked off onto the frame due to braking. Not a problem as such, but they are the only bits of this bike that feel a little cheapo and sucky. I guess time will tell if this is a major flaw with this bike or not. At the moment they seem fine, but who knows...

What's with the 2 orange spokes??? Probably decided in a Mongoose design meeting... I'm like WTF? about that... Maybe newbies can't see where to pump up the tyres!! - "Follow the 2 orange spokes to tyre pumping valve thingy" - I'm wire wooling those... Stupid hipster touches like that I can live without.

The grips are shitty, they give me blisters so may change. All very oldskool BMX Mushroom grip. Mongoose branded.

The pedals seem to be standard issue BMX style Mongoose pedals... I'm a bit annoyed about this, as a friend who is doing a conversion bought exactly these pedals and had some others he would have swapped with me... I would much prefer something a little less BMX and more road bike! But hey, Mongoose make BMXs so what did I expect... They seem very solid and robust, despite not being my ideal pedals.

Anyone who wants to swap some decent Mongoose BMX pedals for some decent other pedals, PM me.. ;)

Nasty plastic cable ties.. (Photoshopped out in the marketing pics).. They will do. But then I'm assuming that these are just an afterthought as this bike is designed to ride fixed I guess. I'm not ready to kill myself just yet, so I'm living with them...

That orange paint job.... I'm getting used to it, but I do admit it's a bit "Hipster".. But then I bought the bike for the bike, not what it looked like.

No my name isn't Maurice. Shame that. There is always deed poll. ;)

The frame paint job isn't incredible... But then for that price it's not going to be. I'm going to have to look after it to protect the paint job I reckon.

Clearances aren't exactly "track"

PROS.

The bike is pretty light... I'd say the whole thing weighs in somewhere around 10 kilos, which isn't bad for a bike in this price bracket. The frame seems very solid and it actually has some lugwork on the forks, which I was surprised by.

The crankset is decent enough, it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart any time soon.

The wheels (despite the above) run straight and true, the Formula hub is very quiet in singlespeed mode and feels tight and responsive. I wouldn't have minded a slightly lower gear as I do tend to spin a little at higher speeds but it's very comfortable

The headset, stem and handlebars are all Mongoose, aluminium and seem pretty good.

The brakes are perhaps a little Mongoose generic, again, they feel a little BMXy standard 2 finger type affairs. I tightened them up a little bit when I got the bike home, but they seem solid enough. They don't seem that great in the wet, but then I'm guessing this has a lot to do with the wheels.. Or perhaps the break pads are just wank. They were a little squeaky at first, but I seem to have adjusted that out.

It has all the fittings for mudguards, etc... Something not many other bikes have in this price bracket... I live in England and it's the winter.. It will be really easy to fit mudguards, which is awesome.

All in all, I'm generally happy with the £350 I spent on this bike. It's unusual, I agree. But it looks far better in the flesh than in pictures... I find it very comfortable to ride and can see it remaining comfortable over pretty large distances. I know it's not going to be for everyone, but for a first-timer like me, with limited experience of building my own bike (and contrary to a friend of mine who has just managed to spend nearly £700 on building a Claude Butler conversion) it was within my budget.

I know I will get a certain level of scorn for it's "pengy" looks, but to be quite frank, I wasn't bothered by this. I tried a number of other bikes and this one suited me best. The most important thing perhaps which swung me was it's 62cm frame. All the other bikes I tried were simply too small for me.

I would recommend this bike to anyone who is in the market for a cheap runaround.. It's by no stretch of the imagination a proper track bike. Its for people like me who want to cycle to work and to the pub.... I'm very happy with it indeed and minor gripes aside it's a pretty sturdy, well built bike. As you'd expect from a company like Mongoose, with a pedigree that goes back to when I was a kid.... I could pretty easily sell on the Mongoose branded parts, as they are all of a high quality.. Why they chucked Weinemann Thunderbird wheels on it is slightly beyond me.. Maybe they were the only wheels Mongoose could source in that nasty orange!.... Still. A bit of sandpaper and the powdery orange paint on those will buff right out, and not go all over my clothes!!

To sum up, I'd say the Maurice is the perfect bike for someone who likes to ride a BMX/Mountain bike and wants to make the transition to fixed/singlespeed... Perhaps not for the person who rides a geared road bike and wants to make the same transition. I also reckon with some more sturdy wheels and bobbly tyres it would make a pretty good cross bike... It all seems strong and like it could take some punishment.

If anyone is thinking of getting one, then I live in Herne Hill and would be happy for you to take a look and have a go outside of the horrible E*ans shop environment. PM me.