used bikes in london
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- flashbender
So I've decided I need some two wheeled transportation but I don't feel like spending a bunch of money on a bike just to have it stolen.
I remember watching something about the credit crunch blah blah blah and there was a shop in soho that made what they called "pub bikes" - decent quality bikes that were a bit beat up and not too expensive but I don;t remember the name of the shop.
Does anyone have any good used bike shop recommendations in the city?
- ADP0
Just steal one, everyone else does it.
- Nairn0
All I know is, don't go to Brick Lane to get one, lest you want to propagate the negative karma cycle of crackfuck bike thieving.
- Dancer0
Do your company do the "Cycle to work" scheme?
- flashbender0
Yeah, a legit bike would be better. I don't think I'd have a right to be mad if I knowingly bought a stolen bike and then 2 weeks later it was stolen... I gues if I tought of it as "renting" then it would be OK.
I'm contract/freelance so I talked it over with myself and we decided that we were not going to offer the Cycle to Work scheme to our employees - that is to say, me.
- PapaSven0
Try these guys:
BARCLAYS FOR BIKES
515 KINGSLAND ROAD
LONDON E8 4AR
020 7241 3131
- lvl_130
hom much do you think it would cost to send you my 1965 red huffy over there? maybe i can just bring it on the plane with me in Sept. when we come and visit you :)
on second thought, you don't want that pile anyway. it would be quicker just to walk to places then to ride on cement tires it currently has.
- lowimpakt0
does your local police headquarters have the quarterly sales of uncollected stolen bikes?
- kelpie0
oh, hang on a bit, my pal knows someone who makes bikes out of parts super cheap and reliably. Thief proof they are.
- blackspade0
Theres always cheap bikes on Gumtree
I was looking for a bmx for short trips
- flashbender0
thanks buddies. I should have said that yesterday, but in all honesty I got busy and forgot about this thread.
