Sharon Rowe

Good value….methinks not ;)

February 2nd, 2007

OK, so David had a rusty old bike (16 years old, about 3 feet too small for him) to ride to the station on as he was fed up of his lovely bike getting nicked…on Boxing Day he decided enough was enough of riding the teeny tiny thing and went to buy the cheapest bike he could to perform the same task.

Off to Halfords he went, spending the princely sum of £80 on a new bike.  He couldn’t have the cheapest one ‘cos he’s too tall.  Even the man in Halfords said, “the parts aren’t good quality but that’s why it’s £80″.  Remember this later.

He’s had the bike for one month.  So far he has had one puncture, got the most irritating squeaky brakes known to mankind (I ran alongside the squeak for 5 miles a few weeks ago!), had the bell vandalised, the gears slip and then he just said, “I meant to tell you, my handlebars almost fell off on the way from work this evening”.

Hence the title of this blog entry…good value?  Methinks not

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