BIKE THREAD

200 watchers
B.B.
B.B.
Jun 2008
4:02pm, 3 Jun 2008
12,631 posts
  •  
  • 0
B.B.
What good British bike brands are there?
JulesR
JulesR
Jun 2008
4:30pm, 3 Jun 2008
486 posts
  •  
  • 0
JulesR
Boardman get good reviews even if they sell them in Halfords - not sure they have one for £999.99 tho;)
Red Tomato
Red Tomato
Jun 2008
4:37pm, 3 Jun 2008
4,441 posts
  •  
  • 0
Red Tomato
I have been looking at them, they do a budget one at £599 but my employers c2w window shut on friday :-(
I notice they do a very posh looking TT frame one.
B.B.
B.B.
Jun 2008
4:44pm, 3 Jun 2008
12,633 posts
  •  
  • 0
B.B.
I'm not thinking in terms of buying a bike from them, but wanting to understand which british companies there are in the market for something I'm doing at work. Looking into triathlons and bikes has made me realise there's quite a big and fast growing market out there, so maybe some interesting companies
JulesR
JulesR
Jun 2008
4:50pm, 3 Jun 2008
489 posts
  •  
  • 0
JulesR
British Cycling's Road Team/Halfords Bikehut team all use Boardman bikes now. They had non-Carbon ones during the winter with the same setup as the Carbon top of the range jobs they're using now.

Not sure about other Brit brands - don't Triandrun do their own stuff?
Rach E
Rach E
Jun 2008
4:51pm, 3 Jun 2008
2,269 posts
  •  
  • 0
Rach E
Brompton is a British company, BB ;-) They pride themselves on their Britishness.
idio
idio
Jun 2008
5:11pm, 3 Jun 2008
5,901 posts
  •  
  • 0
idio
You find apart from small custom frame builders that most UK bikes are designed here then made in the Far East (nothing wrong with this as the build quality is very high now days). Their is some UK component manufactures.
hammerite
hammerite
Jun 2008
7:21pm, 3 Jun 2008
2,723 posts
  •  
  • 0
hammerite
Agree with Idio, any that are British makes are rarely made here. Not sure if Ribble are made in the UK, I know Mercian are (Derby based).

RT- from going into Cycle King I get the impression that the makes they stock are not at the quality end of the market, so not sure to be honest. Not being a bike snob, but I think you could get a better make of bike for £399 that you could trust a bit more. I think you could get a Giant SCR for £399, or maybe even go to a Decathlon, they have some very good bikes for not a huge amount of money. Do you want a womens specific frame? If so you may struggle to find one for less than £500, I've been checking for the other half haven't found a great deal.
hammerite
hammerite
Jun 2008
7:25pm, 3 Jun 2008
2,724 posts
  •  
  • 0
hammerite
Here you go RT - cyclestore.co.uk
or a Dawes for even less! cyclestore.co.uk
Legless
Legless
Jun 2008
7:27pm, 3 Jun 2008
1,337 posts
  •  
  • 0
Legless
I got a puter thingy for my bike today, but could only set it up in KPH,

good old non metric bloke me so not a clue how fast I was going at any one time, and spent most of the journey into work trying to convert what it was showing.

butI have managed to work out that my max speed was 33.55mph (ok its a big hill)

About This Thread

Maintained by GregP

Related Threads

  • cycling









Back To Top
X

Free training & racing tools for runners, cyclists, swimmers & walkers.

Fetcheveryone lets you analyse your training, find races, plot routes, chat in our forum, get advice, play games - and more! Nothing is behind a paywall, and it'll stay that way thanks to our awesome community!
Get Started
Click here to join 113,298 Fetchies!
Already a Fetchie? Sign in here