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Colin
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11th Jun 08 at 12:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah my works 35 miles in each direction
Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Yeah my works 35 miles in each direction


So wake up an hour early
RyanSxi
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Yeh, stop being lazy
C2RL R
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so i can get a quailty bike for next to nothing and my work also benefit from this? i'm numb and dont quite understand.
Superlite Ltd.
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Originally posted by C2RL R
so i can get a quailty bike for next to nothing and my work also benefit from this? i'm numb and dont quite understand.


yup
jacko198
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You come into the shop, and pick a bike, and accessories, (anything you want to be honest (apart from a car rack(which kinda defeates the object!)))

We fill in a form for you, and as a bike shop, we take 10% off that. Then you take ure part of the form to ure employer, and they sign it off, send us an email, and you a voucher.

You come in with the voucher and collect youre bike etc etc

We, the bike shop, get paid bye youre employer, who (i think) get paid by the council/government

Thats 1 type of scheme, there are others where it goes out of youre monthly wage, before tax and VAT, so you get upto 60% off the cost of the bike
Tom
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11th Jun 08 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Brother's work do this (airbus). I might see if my work will do it, and jump the train to liverpool and ride out there good way to get fit aswell as save money
Superlite Ltd.
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11th Jun 08 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jacko, can you get just a frame?
jacko198
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Erm, not to sure, i can find out for you if you like. Might be able to sneak it through as a bike for the equivilant value.

What frame you thinking of?
Superlite Ltd.
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spesh FSR would be nice

something full squishy for hard XC
jacko198
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Ill have a check, You know the fsr comp is only £899 new? For the whole bike
Superlite Ltd.
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don't need a full bike, got a high spec hardtail but starting to need rear susp and fancy rebuilding it.
jacko198
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Ah ok then. I dont think they do the frame only do they :s
Tom
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Any good online bike shops to use as a benchmark on price? What sort of bike would you be looking at for mainly road/urban ish riding e.g. commuting for about £600?

Quite like marin's and thinking something with front suspension only I aint had a bike since having a khs when i was like 15
jacko198
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Formby cycles

Hmm, you going to be going off road on it at all? Like cross country etc?
Tom
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Maybe a little bit not sure yet, we (the company I work for) are getting new premesis in July and not sure on route yet...

I aint getting a 'racer'
jacko198
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Thing with a comuter "hybrid" bikes, is that hardly any of them have front suspension unless you want a bike like :-

Marin kentfield fs
Superlite Ltd.
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If its for urban use you won't be wanting/needing any suspension tbh
jacko198
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True, which is why i was wondering if he was going off road at all
Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by jacko198
Thing with a comuter "hybrid" bikes, is that hardly any of them have front suspension unless you want a bike like :-

Marin kentfield fs


Just been looking at hrbids on that site, not keen!

Used to do a bit of trials and stuff years back, so not keen on anything that square

Something more like this would be better and give option to go off road a bit iif I wanted to in my spare time or whatever.

http://www.formbycycles.co.uk/product/4376/Specialized_Rockhopper_Disc_08_
jacko198
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Marin novato
jacko198
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Yeah good choice, you can always put thinner tyres on it!

Wont get as much speed on it than a hybrid tho
Tom
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Is this marin hawkill better spec than the specialized rockhopper?

http://www.formbycycles.co.uk/product/3919/Marin_Hawkhill_08
jacko198
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I wouldnt say so really, both pretty similar to be honest, Id say the rock shox and they avid jucy's would make the spesh a better bike
Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Is this marin hawkill better spec than the specialized rockhopper?

http://www.formbycycles.co.uk/product/3919/Marin_Hawkhill_08


no

marin are all overpriced tbh

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