Sykkel fra Biltema?
Alan
they cheap rubbish?.
The name on the bikes is Yosemite.
mvh
Alan in Haugesund
Bjørn Nordbø
> Hi there.... Are the range of bikes sold through Biltema any good or are
> they cheap rubbish?.
>
> The name on the bikes is Yosemite.
As always, you get what you pay for. More specific, you get good gears and
lots of weigh, but very little else.
On the other hand, if you are only going to ride to the pub almost anything
will do.
--
We tend to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method
it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion,
inefficiency and demoralisation. -- Gaius Petronius, 60 AD
Alan
Thanks for the reply.
The last bike I had was a GT Tequesta made in California and it was more
than good enough for me.
Living in Haugesund of course meant that the bike would be stolen and sure
enough..it was!!.
I am after a bike that will do mostly road and trail riding with my daughter
sitting in a child seat on the back (14 kilos).
I dont go to extremes on my bike, trails, some woods and roads.
A hybrid is also very usefull for bumping up onto the walkway thereby
reducing exposure to cars, vans etc.
The Biltema bikes then have good gears and are heavy, they just seem on the
face of it good value for money and we are off to Sandnes next week visiting
freinds, so will be driving right past Biltema at Kvadrat.
At the moment I am using Trek 730 with the twist grip gear shift...its a
nice quality bike but unfortunatley its just a bit too big (High) for me
causing balancing problems when my daughters sitting on the back and its
hard to get my leg over to start pedalling.
This means I have got to get a bike to suit me with a slightly lower centre
of gravity.
Its a shame there are no independant reviews of the Yosemite bikes for an
objective overview.
Well thanks again for your input.
Regards Alan
So a decent hybrid bike would fit the bill.
"Bjørn Nordbø" <b...@telenor.net> wrote in message
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Bjørn Nordbø
>
> Living in Haugesund of course meant that the bike would be stolen and sure
> enough..it was!!.
If you can read norwegian, take a look at http://www.student.uit.no/aissm/.
It has a lot of tips about securing your bike against theft.
Alan
Thanks for the advice.
I will not go for the Biltema bike now as it seems to be a no no.
The trailer idea is good and as we have a two month old baby too..... maybe
a double trailer is on the cards.
The trailer also solves the bad weather problem at the same time.
Thanks again for your input
Alan Davidson
Haugesund
5517
"Kjell Pettersen" <hot...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Alan" <ala...@frisurf.no> :
> You may have an option to use the bike you have and spend the money on a
> trailer for your daughter instead. It is also handy when shopping and
> touring in Djupadalen after your daughter has grown into her own bike.
> And if you will sell it then, it gives most of the money back .
> A trailer is very easy to use, your daughter is safer, and it is easier to
> bring som things with you as well.
>
>
> If you will buy a new bike I would advise you to visit Harald Eriksen or
> Haugaland Sykkelforretning, both in Strandgata. They will help you to find
> the right bike, for approx the same amount of money as the bikes at
> Biltema. I have very good experiences with the Harald Eriksen shop close
to
> Risøybrua.
>
> Kjell P.
>
>
>
Martin Thornquist
> I will not go for the Biltema bike now as it seems to be a no no.
Well, most people hanging out here are enthusiasts, probably not the
best place to ask for a bike if cheap is the main criteria. :-)
Regardless of makes and quality of the bikes, a usual advice is to buy
bike from someone who knows how to fix bikes. Specialist bicycle shops
(should) fall in this category, Biltema definitely does not from what
I know about them.
Martin
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"An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader."
-Paul Graham, On Lisp
"Kolbjørn S. Brønnick"
Hi Alan.
I bought one myself a couple of days ago. I had an ok DBS bike (a couple
of years old Intruder with LX equipment) but it was stolen. I looked at
several bikes, Nakamura, DBS, Bianchi and so-on. I didn't want to spend
much on the bike- so it was not enouraging.
Then I saw the bikes at Biltema- lots of cheap and nasty stuff with some
exceptions. However, the "El Portal" bike was pretty good for the price.
Shimano Deore parts almost everywhere, not just on the more "visible"
parts, and a Tektro mechanical disc-brake in front. The coil-spring
"demper" I'm a bit more unsure of, a Suntour NRX 6000, but for my
purposes I guess it's good enough. The bike is also maybe a bit heavy at
about 14 kg, but I can live with that for the price.
So I bought one. I realized the cheapest bike I could get with identical
parts all over was about 5000 NOK, at least the ones I could find. I
think it's a perfectly adequate bike for my use. You have to assemble
some of the parts yourself though.
Regards Kolbjørn S. Brønnick