Bike review website-does one exist?

[621andy]

I'm looking for a website that lists bike reviews; Not new bike tests, but something written by real people and featuring older bikes.

It's a nightmare trolling the 'net, as you can find the odd bit of info here and there, but there doesn't appear to be anything that comprehensively lists bikes by make/type and/or year.

Something like carsurvey.org(and yes I know they've started a bike one, but it's not exactly full of entries!) would be very useful I think.

Any ideas?

[chris-red]

Best bet is to ask on a forum, as you will get multiple views from different people.
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[Walloper]

Usual parameters for google search will turn up most 'popular' info.

Punch in : Make, Model, Year of bike
followed by : spec, review, owners etc.
will bring up most relevant stuff.
The Internet is crammed full of shite (and shiteheads) and there are no shortcuts to glory is seems.
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[metalangel]

MCN has a database and some of the bikes are fairly old but there's not much pre 1990.
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[G]

There are various places as mentioned - the problem is that 'real people', especially with bikes it seems, tend to be overly biased towards their current bike.
Some for logical reasons - I chose bikes that were likely to best suit me from research in most cases (well, some cases) - however often less logicial reasons, like they've spent thousands of pounds on it and can't admit to themselves they've bought a lemon!

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[621andy]

[ssruk]

i think the sites bikez it has all the tec stuff about bikes then small overall review its helped me ahew times the forum on each bike gives you a idea of the bad habbits of a bike but the best one id say mcn
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[621andy]

Just had a look at the bikez site and there's some pretty good stuff on there...thanks!

Any more for any more?!

[hedjehog]

I've always found UBG to have some good snippets of info. Not so many full reviews, but certainly good to get one more perspective on a bike.
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[621andy]

Thanks Hedjehog, some useful stuff there too. How com I never find these sites on Google
Must be my Geerman computer...

[G]

Bikes tend to be bought more as items of love than function.

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