N+1 Do we all need a pub bike?

[Claireysmurf]

I left my bike locked up in the main shopping street in Cardiff last night for about an hour and when I came back to it, it looked like someone had moved it (the front wheel was locked to the back and it was secured with two D locks and an armoured cable). I would be horrified if I had lost my bike, and a couple of friends have had their bikes fairly badly damaged in abortive bike thefts.
Do I therefore need an old clunker for such times?

[james01]

Gumtree is a good source of old MTBs in the £30-£40 range. These make excellent bulletproof town bikes and can carry huge loads if needed. And you can relax in the pub without getting over-anxious about your pride and joy parked outside.

[Si]

Naaaa, get a folder and take it into the pub with you. Added benefit if you've imbibed too much to ride home safely then you'll probably fail the unfold process beforehand.

[Graham O]

Get a trike and you can't fall over.

[Snowflake]

+1 for a pub bike............although I cannot fault the logic of Si and the folder

I got a Klein Pulse given, so its quite a nice pub bike......

S

[Claireysmurf]

Hmmm...I own a Brompton but it advertised on here as I would like to upgrade my road bike. I'd be even more horrified if I left a folder in a pub or something and I often feel a burk/weirdo for taking a folder in to a shop or something.

[Alex L]

Get a trike and you can't fall over.

Not strictly true

[timmyhiggy]

Get a trike and you can't fall over.

But then how can you monitor when you have had too much?

[gaz]

But then how can you monitor when you have had too much?

Combination lock.

If you can't remember the number, see the digits or manipulate the rings to open it then you've had too much.

Naaaa, get a folder and take it into the pub with you...

Do you mean your pub will not accept diamond frame cycles in the bar area?

[mattsccm]

Pub bikes are an excellent place to practice all those dodgy mechanical experiments on. You don't care if they don't work and don't feel the pain when the really don't work.
Be aware of getting into competition with your mates though. Be it the most expensive , the cheapest or the nastiest.
Pink girls MTBs with small wheels and a plastic basket are very good for the latter.

[Claireysmurf]

Pink girls MTBs with small wheels and a plastic basket are very good for the latter.

Eeek

[mattsccm]

Within my circle of friends.

[Claireysmurf]

I wasn't judging you, I was thinking I would never ride one.
Claire

[Graham O]

But then how can you monitor when you have had too much?

The idea of having too much is such a novel concept.

[Claireysmurf]

This thread is ironic in the context of the other one I started at a similar time "Taxis and the occasional futility of primary viewtopic.php?f=7&t=69521