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JonB Afraid of Mileage
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swanny Spanner Monkey
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Posted: 16:56 - 02 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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nope.. i got one and works 50 miles away
no ones ever asked ____________________ M SWANNY.. see a sig ! |
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swanny Spanner Monkey
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cant really ebay it it until its signed over to you aftre the 12 months.. you sort out a final value fee to sign it over to you.
had mone for 12 months now.. waiting for a final value fee as ive buggered up my knee and can no longer cycle ____________________ M SWANNY.. see a sig ! |
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Posted: 17:55 - 02 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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Technically I suppose you could Ebay it as long as you kept up the payments.
I got my nice new Trek through this. Nobody would care if I had to crawl over razor blades to get into work as long as I showed up (note 'showed up' as opposed to actually 'working')
Good saving too. £30 per month for a year for a £650 bike. Now maths is not my strong suit but seems like a winner to me
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Posted: 18:04 - 02 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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similar deal to me.. specialised allez sport which reatiled for about 700 plus stuff.. and it cots me 30 quid a week before tax..
i did my knee in a month after having the bike ____________________ M SWANNY.. see a sig ! |
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JonB Afraid of Mileage
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Posted: 18:29 - 02 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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I'm looking at a Focus Road bike at£1299 down from £1800. With ride2work should get it nearer £800
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im ok with mine as i took the bike out and cycked to work a fair few times before my knee went .. obv you cant back out of something.. ____________________ M SWANNY.. see a sig ! |
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JonB Afraid of Mileage
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Posted: 21:47 - 03 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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Cheers for all the advice. Decided to save up some money and get this bike in the next couple of months...
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Posted: 09:08 - 04 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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https://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/focus-cayo-terepsram09-med.jpg
£1,299 and it doesn't come with pedals? Who makes it, BMW? ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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I got my bike last year on the ride to work scheme, and got another this year for the wife.
There are rules, like you 'must' ride to work on it , it can only be for yourself , and it's owned by the company until the final payment, at which point the company can sell it to you for a nominal fee . So in reality its not you bike to sell until the last payment!
So, I got a bike for the wife and she wont be riding it to work. Only paid £200 for it, but it will end up costing me about £100. Our company sell them to us for a pound at the end of the agreement.
My bike last year was almost £700, but it cost me just £300 on the scheme.
Very good deal if you can do it and well worth it. Money it taken direct from your pay before tax and national insurance are deducted.
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It's your money Jon, but as a first foray into the roadbike world that is excessive, and a fair amount of cash (although not for a new roadbike).
I cycle a fair bit (although not as much as I used to), and am still using the Specialised Allez Comp I bought on fleabay in 2005, when it was already used. I reckon the frame is over 10 years old now, and the components about half that. It's only just getting tired.
It cost me £400.
You would do better to either get a cheaper roadbike on the ride to work scheme, or get a second hand one from ebay for a fraction of its new cost.
There are tons of virtually unused bikes on there where people have bought them new, then realise that its too much effort/takes up too much time to use them regularly, so that when they go to play cycling at their local group ride they get blown out of the water by the 60year old on his 20 year old steel framed 'racer' with non indexed gears.
Like I said, it's your money though.
How tall are you? I may be interested in it when you give up in 6 months - I'll give you £500 for it. |
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Jon B: Afraid of mileage
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Posted: 19:03 - 04 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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See, i've wondered what happens if you get a bike on the scheme and it breaks during the 12months. Do YOU get it fixed, or do you hand it back to your boss and say YOUR bike has broken. Please fix it or get me a new one? |
You get it fixed. Similarly, if it gets stolen, it's your problem.
Note that you /should/ pay for the bike at the end of the term too; look into this and check what your company offers. Mine initially verbally said £1, then later said 'a fair market value, being 40% off RRP or something. I did a load of research to show fair market value usually actually meant 5% of the purchase price.
I was looking to buy a second bike on the scheme, but we argued about this until I left. I never got charged in the end. I had already bought a second hand bike, as suggested, at relatively better value than on the scheme.
Personally, I don't see the point in expensive road bikes unless you're competing. And even then, it's all about you being fitter, rather than something like downhill, where there's a lot of 'skill' (awaits flaming) involved which a better bike will enhance.
If you're just riding around, it really doesn't seem to make /that/ much difference.
A while ago I got a second hand cyclocross bike that cost £1300 or so to build for £400. Needed about £100 spending on it, but when I actually get around to that, I've got a decent very light and tough road bike for a pretty reasonable price (and having entered a cyclocross race on it, I'll admit it is nice having a lighter bike when you're chucking it on your shoulder every couple of minutes .) |
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Posted: 20:54 - 04 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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Damofo D.O.G. wrote: |
It's your money Jon, but as a first foray into the roadbike world that is excessive, and a fair amount of cash (although not for a new roadbike).
I cycle a fair bit (although not as much as I used to), and am still using the Specialised Allez Comp I bought on fleabay in 2005, when it was already used. I reckon the frame is over 10 years old now, and the components about half that. It's only just getting tired.
It cost me £400.
You would do better to either get a cheaper roadbike on the ride to work scheme, or get a second hand one from ebay for a fraction of its new cost.
There are tons of virtually unused bikes on there where people have bought them new, then realise that its too much effort/takes up too much time to use them regularly, so that when they go to play cycling at their local group ride they get blown out of the water by the 60year old on his 20 year old steel framed 'racer' with non indexed gears.
Like I said, it's your money though.
How tall are you? I may be interested in it when you give up in 6 months - I'll give you £500 for it. |
i might be selling my 2009 model specialized allez sport for around that price.. its only done 18 miles before my knee popped ____________________ M SWANNY.. see a sig ! |
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JonB Afraid of Mileage
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Posted: 21:25 - 04 Aug 2009 Post subject: |
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I've been road cycling for a while on a 20 year old Peugeot jobby that was a helluva lot of money when it was new. Only contemplating a lighter bike because I really fancy taking my cycling to the next level. ____________________ Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it?s worth. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 14 years, 267 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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