Maaan, my bikes advice thread seems to have disappeared : (

jahtao · Post by **jahtao** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:44 pm

i picked my country but all i get is: Sorry, but that bike model cannot be found.

So we got the two schools of thought: mountain (pimped) vs. hybrid. Hmmm... intuitively and for no particular reason i feel drawn to hybrid. I'm no extreme sports guy.

This is all really helpful, i should probably get my ass down to a bike shop... thanks

feebles · Post by **feebles** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:13 pm

Huh, weird. In that case go to http://www.specialized.com and look for "Sirrus Sport" and "Crosstrail". Again, those are just examples, hence not all that relevant. The pics:

Specialized Citybike
Specialized Crossbike

I picked Specialized for no particular reason and can say based on personal experience that the Crosstrail ones are pretty good. Then again, as I said, ThinKing definitely does have a point. It's all a matter of taste and of how seriously you want to get into cycling.

Just go to a couple of bike shops and figure out what you like best, really.

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:34 pm

Specialised are nang,

on the topic of bikes i bought a Trek yesterday for a score, nice little runner..gonna sell it to my bro for 40 i rekcon

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:10 pm

datura wrote:you can get specialist street bikes - i'd just head into a halfords and ask them what they'd recommend

i really wouldnt go into halfords, a woman came into my bike shop who had bought a bike for Halfords, and the headset snapped and she lost her four front teeth! Halfords do cars not bike

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:26 pm

Not at all advice (sorry) but I heard ages ago you can pop a D-lock with a aerosol can, is it true? Don't worry I don't want to nick bikes, just been curious about it since I have heard it.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:39 pm

Legendary wrote:Not at all advice (sorry) but I heard ages ago you can pop a D-lock with a aerosol can, is it true? Don't worry I don't want to nick bikes, just been curious about it since I have heard it.

its something that everyone read in fight club - if you get nitro in a can you can supposedly freeze the locks and then shatter them with a hammer and screwdriver/chisel, however i'm not sure if it actually works as you can't really freeze metal like water and therefore make it smashable can you?

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:40 pm

dubluke wrote:
Legendary wrote:Not at all advice (sorry) but I heard ages ago you can pop a D-lock with a aerosol can, is it true? Don't worry I don't want to nick bikes, just been curious about it since I have heard it.
its something that everyone read in fight club - if you get nitro in a can you can supposedly freeze the locks and then shatter them with a hammer and screwdriver/chisel, however i'm not sure if it actually works as you can't really freeze metal like water and therefore make it smashable can you?

Ahh fair enough, always remembered hearing that, heard it when I was proper young as well ha ha.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:43 pm

i say buy a penny farthing, try poppin a wheely on that badboy!

Maaan, my bikes advice thread seems to have disappeared : (

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