irnbru14

In Wellington! Fancy a cheapy bike for occasional runs in and around town at the weekend and evenings, nothing fancy, something functional, anyone got any suggestions where to go??

Why is there no branch of Halfords when I need one!!!

karonious

Both Kmart and the Warehouse sell cheap bikes - but it may well be that you get what you pay for........
I bought one for the girl from Kmart and apart from a slow puncture, haven't had any problems with it. They took the whole bike back and replaced the inner tube - took them ages though

Wiz'n'Ton

Trademe is your friend. 5 year old fancy kit for peanuts prices - thank you very muchly.

Good luck in Welly - there sure are some hills there! Respect

happynz

Bought a new Chinese made cheapie from Kmart. Nice little skinny tyre bike that I use to commute from St Albans (an inner suburb in Christchurch) out to the airport. It ain't the best bike by a long shot, but aside from one flat tyre (what is it with the f@#*wads in this country who throw bottles out their car windows?) I haven't had any problems. NZ$179 in the box. Took it home and assembled it in about half an hour.

irnbru14

Will check out the Warehoose and K-Mart then, don't wanna spend a fortune on something I'll probably not use much anyway, hired one for a wee while on Sunday at it was a nice way to zip around.

Not sure how many of them hills I shall be using it on mind you

happynz

The one I got has an ultra granny gear so it'd be ideal for those near-vertical Welly roads.

irnbru14

K Mart have one at $109, its made from metal aswell at that price, blimey!! There warehouse have one for $200...hmm, maybe have a wee look around a few bike shops to see what you get/don't get for your cash...

Wiz'n'Ton

I got the wife a $120 K-Mart special and while it's perfectly fine for bimbling, it is made of monkey metal mixed with generous dollops of cheese. The 2 times I've tried to adjust anything has just seen me round off the allen key holes.

If you are going to be doing anything half decent then I'd go for TradeMe every time. Get a hell of a lot of bike on there for $200, and if you are careful it'll be a damn site better than a Warehouse bargain-tastic price beater special. They are so into their mountain bikes here that anything weighing more than a feather which doesn't have magnesium alloy this or titanium that is old news and apparently worthless. Good news for us

irnbru14

$120 for cheese in bike, thats quite cheap given the going price for decent cheddar in NZ

Things to do this weekend then, go have a wee wander round some bike shops to see what is out there, then find an older model on trademe

Wiz'n'Ton

Sounds like a plan Stan, let us know how you get on.

You ain't wrong about the cheese! Hmmm... riding the cheesy cycle? Possibly the title for another thread on a different forum altogether

Dustybin

On a slightly random good brakes are a start,, lucky for the sheep that I nearly made into chops on the way down from the summit road on Sunday mine does have them...

Wiz'n'Ton

Getting in a little bit of cheeky practice there mate? You up for 'Rapaki Track - The Return Of The Nobbers' sometime soon....? Not on a hangover this time though, eh.

Dustybin

Yep just give me a shout and pick a day when i don't need to barf halfway up the hill!

Maz

irnbru, I'd just hit KMart if I were you. Lovely weather for it today, eh? Saw the usual posse of complete and utter loonies making their very slow way up the Ngauranga Gorge as I sped by in the train. (when will they learn? )

irnbru14

Probably there from the weekend trying to get up the hill to Whitby for those world famous in NZ cheese scones