Re: Skoda Bikes

On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:14:18 +0100, John Burns <[email hidden]>

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Some people like the image associated with certain brands of car. Off
the top of my head, other car makers that have started selling bikes are
Porsche, Mazda and either Range Rover or Land Rover. I don't think
Peugeot really counts, being a bike maker that also sells cars :-)

BMW have been doing a range of VERY expensive bikes for about five
years. Never seen one in the flesh.

Spotted one at L2B last year, very sleek looking, and surprisingly
understated. Didn't get a change to make a judgement about the driver,
er, rider though ;-)

While we're on the subject Cadillac have just launched a bike range
in the US: http://www.cadillacbicycles.com/

Apparently they're [censored]. The Cadillac name is licensed by GM to a
manufacturer called Kent, notable for their "My Little Pony" range
of bikes.

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jc

Jeremy Collins said:

On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:14:18 +0100, John Burns
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

BMW have been doing a range of VERY expensive bikes for about five
years. Never seen one in the flesh.

Spotted one at L2B last year, very sleek looking, and surprisingly
understated. Didn't get a change to make a judgement about the driver,
er, rider though ;-)

Would it be terribly bad form to add that I also overtook the expensive
BMW bike and left him far behind, riding only a £90 Halfords "MTB"? [1]

[1] My "pop into town" hack bike - the only bike I had to ride at the time;
it got nicked shortly after it started to crumble into bits. I don't miss
it.

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jc

One of the Hummer bikes was on ebay last month, quite something!
Aparently designed for the Marines, it's a folder and can be stored in
the Hummer. I suspect the Marine's version doesn't use the bright yellow
colours that seem to be standard on the civilian version ;-) Very
unusual looking design.

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Quoted message said:

Would it be terribly bad form to add that I also overtook the expensive
BMW bike and left him far behind, riding only a £90 Halfords "MTB"? [1]

Maybe it was only the normal BMW version and not the faster //M Technic
(sorry, bad BMW insiders joke!) ;-)

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One of the Hummer bikes was on ebay last month, quite something!
Aparently designed for the Marines, it's a folder and can be stored in
the Hummer. I suspect the Marine's version doesn't use the bright
yellow colours that seem to be standard on the civilian version ;-)
Very unusual looking design.

It's a re-badged Montague Paratrooper (www.militarybikes.com) with an extra
$100 on the price tag and a spash of yellow paint.

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John Burns said:

One of the Hummer bikes was on ebay last month, quite something!
Aparently designed for the Marines, it's a folder and can be stored in
the Hummer.

I'd always assumed that possibly only benefit of owning a hummer would
be that you could fit in a full size /non-folding/ bike.

Not Responding said:

I'd always assumed that possibly only benefit of owning a hummer would
be that you could fit in a full size /non-folding/ bike.

Don't know about the luggage capacity of a Hummer, but I am
continually surprised by the lack of usable space in some quite large
vehicles.

The last surprise was the difficulty in getting a bike in the back of
a Multipla. Unbelievable awkward.