Cheap mountain bike.

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I see the likes of Stirling House get a great deal of grief here. However
without trying to enter a debate into the advantages of whether their

bikes

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or those costing £500 represent best value for money, are there any other
online bike sellers akin to Stirling House at the cheaper end of the

market?

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Try here:

http://sport.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/drilldown~164801/Bicycles,Mountain_Bicycles

Here's my favourite:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7169095629&category=27948#ebayphotohosting

Note on the frame the painted legend "Harlem", this signifies that it has
been tested and certified as safe to leave unlocked and unattended on the
streets of Harlem, NY, without fear of being stolen.

In fact you're advised against locking it to fire hydrants in Harlem as it
may get damaged during theft of the hydrant.

--
Pete
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in message <[email hidden]>, Fred

(') said:

I see the likes of Stirling House get a great deal of grief here.
However without trying to enter a debate into the advantages of whether
their bikes or those costing £500 represent best value for money, are
there any other online bike sellers akin to Stirling House at the
cheaper end of the market?

Dozens. But as they're all selling the same [censored], so what? You really,
really don't want one of these bikes. If £50 is what you can afford,
look around for what's available locally second hand. Or go down to your
local rubbish tip/recycling centre - you will often find much better
bikes there for free, and then you can spend the fifty quid on fettling
them and end up with something reasonably nice.

Honestly, really, no messing, you can find better bikes on a rubbish tip
than you can get new from Stirling House.

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[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
;; do it from  religious conviction."          -- Pascal

Simon Brooke said:

Dozens. But as they're all selling the same [censored], so what? You really,
really don't want one of these bikes. If £50 is what you can afford,
look around for what's available locally second hand. Or go down to your
local rubbish tip/recycling centre - you will often find much better
bikes there for free, and then you can spend the fifty quid on fettling
them and end up with something reasonably nice.

Don't forget the local police auctions

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Decathlon do a bike for £79.
They don't do mail order though, so you'll have to visit a store.
It is not a full-suspension job, so is likely to be decent.

"Simon Brooke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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in message <[email hidden]>, Fred

(') said:

I see the likes of Stirling House get a great deal of grief here.
However without trying to enter a debate into the advantages of whether
their bikes or those costing 500 represent best value for money, are
there any other online bike sellers akin to Stirling House at the
cheaper end of the market?

Dozens. But as they're all selling the same [censored], so what? You really,
really don't want one of these bikes. If £50 is what you can afford,
look around for what's available locally second hand. Or go down to your
local rubbish tip/recycling centre - you will often find much better
bikes there for free, and then you can spend the fifty quid on fettling
them and end up with something reasonably nice.

Honestly, really, no messing, you can find better bikes on a rubbish tip
than you can get new from Stirling House.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
;; do it from religious conviction." -- Pascal

Dozens?? My question was "Who?" I accept that in your eyes they're [censored]
but I don't cycle thousands of miles each year and happy to put up with
[censored].

I would be grateful if you could reply with these dozens of online sellers
with bikes in the £50 region.

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"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I see the likes of Stirling House get a great deal of grief here.
However
without trying to enter a debate into the advantages of whether their

bikes

Quoted message said:

or those costing £500 represent best value for money, are there any other
online bike sellers akin to Stirling House at the cheaper end of the

market?

Quoted message said:

Try here:

http://sport.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/drilldown~164801/Bicycles,Mountain_Bicycles

Here's my favourite:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7169095629&category=27948#ebayphotohosting

Note on the frame the painted legend "Harlem", this signifies that it has
been tested and certified as safe to leave unlocked and unattended on the
streets of Harlem, NY, without fear of being stolen.

In fact you're advised against locking it to fire hydrants in Harlem as it
may get damaged during theft of the hydrant.

--
Pete
http:[email hidden]/P

Many thanks. I'm not that keen on buying from sellers on Ebay but your
"favourite" looks very good value.