Bikes on the road due to CV 19
I dont know how many other people have noticed the number of classic 90’s bike appearing on the roads recently. On my daily exercise walk Im seeng Marin’s Treks and Giants from the 90’s all being ridden by somewhat red faced slightly portly men.
You can spot the bikes as the tube profile are round and super thin , denoting steel frames compared to our hydroformed Aluminium or swooping carbon steeds.
The thing is these bikes are immaculate, they must have been pushed up against the wall by their owners in the early 90’s and left there. I even saw a Raleigh in the 1970’s blue headstock and white and yellow frame, the other day stunning condition. Unlike its owner who was pushing it up the hill. Strange times indeed.
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wuyangkid
I've mainly been looking at hybrids and the cannondale bad boy 2 has caught my eye. Has anyone had any experience with it?
I’ve had a Bad Boy 3 for the last 16 months and it’s been my 14 mile daily ride to work, so I’ve covered thousands of miles on it.
It’s a great urban bike, and happy on road, trails, but nothing too rough. I’d happily buy another.
If you head up a good few posts you’ll see that I had a head on collision with a car (post #1644), but even then no damage to the frame. This confirms it is a very solid bike.
Only downside is if you do need to replace the front wheel, it is likely to be a wheel build given the specialist lefty hub.