"Pub Bikes"

landsurfer · Post by **landsurfer** » 11 Nov 2016, 7:17pm

Planet X, my LBS, advertises a pub bike, a bike for nipping to the shops.
Holdsworth frame .... ish ... wheels and other bits top quality ...£299 delivered.
It's actually a brilliant single speed winter bike.
I love mine, just nice to ride....
Have a look on their website.

fastpedaller · Post by **fastpedaller** » 11 Nov 2016, 9:06pm

couldn't find it - tried a frames listing with lowest price first, then a search for pub. No luck on my computer.

fast but dim · Post by **fast but dim** » 11 Nov 2016, 9:16pm

I have a shop bike. Same sort of thing...I use it for going the shop ( for beer or wine mostly). Its a steel early 90s MTB I got given by a neighbour.
I don't lock it, and it gets left outside behind a tree in the garden overnight regularly.

I have a load of mates in my cycling club who never ride a bike in anything but full Lycra.

Airsporter1st · Post by **Airsporter1st** » 12 Nov 2016, 9:44am

I'm new to all this, but if I was asked what makes a Pub Bike, it would have to be a three wheeler - so you don't fall off after having a skinfull. :lol:

nirakaro · Post by **nirakaro** » 12 Nov 2016, 10:46am

Airsporter1st wrote:I'm new to all this, but if I was asked what makes a Pub Bike, it would have to be a three wheeler - so you don't fall off after having a skinfull.

Unnecessary - in my irresponsible youth, I learnt that I could still ride a bike when I was too drunk to walk.

djnotts · Post by **djnotts** » 12 Nov 2016, 12:23pm

" it would have to be a three wheeler - so you don't fall off after having a skinfull. :lol:

"

Have you tried an upright racing trike? Difficult enough stone cold sober without a lot of practice IME!

AndyK · Post by **AndyK** » 12 Nov 2016, 12:50pm

fastpedaller wrote:couldn't find it - tried a frames listing with lowest price first, then a search for pub. No luck on my computer.

I think he means the Holdsworth La Quelda, which - thanks to Planet X's now-you-see-it-now-you-don't pricing policy - is £399 today but may well have been £299 yesterday. Tomorrow it'll probably be £699 but accompanied by a "50% off all bikes" discount code; the day after, who knows?

fastpedaller · Post by **fastpedaller** » 12 Nov 2016, 5:34pm

AndyK wrote:
fastpedaller wrote:couldn't find it - tried a frames listing with lowest price first, then a search for pub. No luck on my computer.

I think he means the Holdsworth La Quelda, which - thanks to Planet X's now-you-see-it-now-you-don't pricing policy - is £399 today but may well have been £299 yesterday. Tomorrow it'll probably be £699 but accompanied by a "50% off all bikes" discount code; the day after, who knows?

Ah yes - I did wonder, and it looks a good bike (though very upright angles). The Yo-Yo pricing of PX is quite something. I got a rack bag last week (it's very good!) Went from £20, to £12(when I pounced) to £20 again :lol:

AndyK · Post by **AndyK** » 12 Nov 2016, 6:33pm

fastpedaller wrote:The Yo-Yo pricing of PX is quite something. I got a rack bag last week (it's very good!) Went from £20, to £12(when I pounced) to £20 again

Ah, but they currently have "25% OFF EVERYTHING (except bikes) FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS (or the end of November anyway)" so it's actually £15. Do try to keep up...

MikeF · Post by **MikeF** » 12 Nov 2016, 10:15pm

AndyK wrote:
fastpedaller wrote:The Yo-Yo pricing of PX is quite something. I got a rack bag last week (it's very good!) Went from £20, to £12(when I pounced) to £20 again

Ah, but they currently have "25% OFF EVERYTHING (except bikes) FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS (or the end of November anyway)" so it's actually £15. Do try to keep up...

I bought 2 stems recently for £8 each. They are now £30 so with 25% off the full price is £40. I'm not sure whether they were advertised as 80% off when I bought them, but they may have been. I can't keep up. :roll:

MikeF · Post by **MikeF** » 12 Nov 2016, 10:31pm

fastpedaller wrote:.... (though very upright angles).

Ah - the go faster feature you mean. Every bike has to have that nowadays so you ride as fast as possible in order to get off the bike as soon as possible.

SpannerGeek · Post by **SpannerGeek** » 13 Nov 2016, 5:20pm

Python do a similar nice looking single speed for £199.99

'The Duke'

https://bikesdirectuk.com/shop/python-d ... nglespeed/

531colin · Post by **531colin** » 14 Nov 2016, 8:52pm

MikeF wrote:.......... Ah - the go faster feature you mean. Every bike has to have that nowadays so you ride as fast as possible in order to get off the bike as soon as possible.

You are a very bad man.......Spilled my tea all over the keyboard!

MikeF · Post by **MikeF** » 15 Nov 2016, 4:57pm

531colin wrote:
MikeF wrote:.......... Ah - the go faster feature you mean. Every bike has to have that nowadays so you ride as fast as possible in order to get off the bike as soon as possible.

You are a very bad man.......Spilled my tea all over the keyboard!

iandriver · Post by **iandriver** » 15 Nov 2016, 8:20pm

Hmm, pub bike and new I can't quite ratify. Isn't a rat bike, ideally painted matt black with a brush, the most suitable steed....

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