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29ers have officially arrived!
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:23 pm
http://www.bigw.com.au/sports-leisure/b ... ntain-bike
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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby Nobody » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:12 pm

Good value for money too. $300/17.5Kg = $17.14 per Kg.

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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby simonn » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:42 am
Nobody wrote:True, BigW is the authority on all things popular.![]()
Good value for money too. $300/17.5Kg = $17.14 per Kg.
Cheaper than raw cachews.
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:38 am
Gotta admit that whenever I'm in W I tend to gravitate towards the bike section just so's I can mutter almost under me breath abouthow bad their bikes are whenever someone is browsing. Is this bad?
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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby Nobody » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:01 am
Some anti-BSO community service work. Chances are that if they're looking at W, they think $500 is too much to pay for a bike anyway. Likely they think a car is transport and a status symbol, where a bike is just a toy. I'd better stop now before I start ranting (more)...Mulger bill wrote:But nowhere near as appetising.
Gotta admit that whenever I'm in W I tend to gravitate towards the bike section just so's I can mutter almost under me breath abouthow bad their bikes are whenever someone is browsing. Is this bad?
Aldi, taking the BSO concept to the extreme:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=26431&p=524575#p524575
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Postby kunalraiker » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:14 pm
Nobody wrote:Some anti-BSO community service work. Chances are that if they're looking at W, they think $500 is too much to pay for a bike anyway. Likely they think a car is transport and a status symbol, where a bike is just a toy. I'd better stop now before I start ranting (more)...Mulger bill wrote:But nowhere near as appetising.
Gotta admit that whenever I'm in W I tend to gravitate towards the bike section just so's I can mutter almost under me breath abouthow bad their bikes are whenever someone is browsing. Is this bad?
Aldi, taking the BSO concept to the extreme:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=26431&p=524575#p524575
You should stop now, you're right!
There is nothing wrong with cheap Aldi Bikes....they do the job they're designed for.And you know what?
They do it well!
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:49 pm
London Boy 29/12/2011
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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:06 pm
Nobody wrote: Chances are that if they're looking at W, they think $500 is too much to pay for a bike anyway.
Funny you should say that, i looked at the reviews on the big w website and found this, laughed myself silly

"I just bought one today. Tools for assembly are not there. Manual and DVD are not specific for the bike. This is very bad service for such expensive bike."
And just to go off topic, the first bike i bought for myself was a $120 Repco 'dual suspension', chain snapped after 12k, gears never indexed properly, brakes and suspension were dreadful, bearings made of cheese, the whole thing was cactus within 6 months. BUT it did get me into cycling so i will always remember it fondly.
The other thing that got me terribly excited yesterday in big w was the Repco singlespeed flatbar road bike, it looks pathetic on the website but in the flesh i was struggling to stop myself from buying one on the spot. $98 for something that could probably provide a high school/ uni student with transport for at least a year is remarkable IMO. Even had half decent looking brakes

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Postby hitchhiker » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:15 pm
ldrcycles wrote:The other thing that got me terribly excited yesterday in big w was the Repco singlespeed flatbar road bike, it looks pathetic on the website but in the flesh i was struggling to stop myself from buying one on the spot. $98 for something that could probably provide a high school/ uni student with transport for at least a year is remarkable IMO. Even had half decent looking brakes.
I'll admit I saw one of those recently and thought that it didn't look as woeful as I would have imagined. I think you should buy one, ride it for a year and then write a review
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Postby trailgumby » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:02 pm
ldrcycles wrote:I like the sound of this, and now you've given me an excuse....
But you have to change your handle to "BigWfan" as part of the deal, right?

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Postby silentbutdeadly » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:44 am
The frame is the basis for a much better specced bike in the US http://reviews.mtbr.com/bike-test-2011- ... -comp-29er whilst still living in the budget end of the market. There's even a version that comes with a QR15 Fox Float 32 and an SLX driveline...US$1,800 at Jenson. http://www.jensonusa.com/Diamondback-Ov ... Er-Bike-12
Strikes me that $300 for a rideable XC project frame is not too be sneezed at compared to $300 for a Voodoo Bokor frame only for example..
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Postby m@ » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:00 am
silentbutdeadly wrote:I don't want to speak ill of the cheap at heart but...for $300 this isn't such a bad deal.
The frame is the basis for a much better specced bike in the US http://reviews.mtbr.com/bike-test-2011- ... -comp-29er whilst still living in the budget end of the market. There's even a version that comes with a QR15 Fox Float 32 and an SLX driveline...US$1,800 at Jenson. http://www.jensonusa.com/Diamondback-Ov ... Er-Bike-12
Strikes me that $300 for a rideable XC project frame is not too be sneezed at compared to $300 for a Voodoo Bokor frame only for example..
Yeah, I was thinking at the very least it's a much better option for shared path cruising than more expensive dual-suspension BSO monsters. Not sure this thread belongs in MTB though

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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:24 am
ldrcycles wrote:I'll make a separate thread elsewhere for the repco, i'm buying one today.
Cool post pics and let us know if its got a 120mm rear end. I need a frame to stick some bits on.

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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby rudeboy » Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:19 pm
Anyone else had this problem and is it worth replacing the crankset with something else ? THe original is a Suntour
I am yet to checkout the BB but the FD will handle a shimano fc-m171that is only $30.
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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby silentbutdeadly » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:11 am
Mugglechops wrote:Lets see how long it takes them to release a 650b
Don't get too clever...many of their hybrids, youth and so called lady bikes still run 27" which is pretty much the 650B....

Even so...I still haven't seen a double crown forked downhill bike at BigW
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Re: 29ers have officially arrived!
Postby JustJames » Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:44 pm
silentbutdeadly wrote:
Even so...I still haven't seen a double crown forked downhill bike at BigW
They're tucked away at the back...next to the time trial tandems.
http://pedallingcharm.wordpress.com/
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Postby Mugglechops » Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:56 pm
silentbutdeadly wrote:Mugglechops wrote:Lets see how long it takes them to release a 650b
Don't get too clever...many of their hybrids, youth and so called lady bikes still run 27" which is pretty much the 650B....![]()
Give or take half an inch

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