[slimlavud]

My usual road bike was at my other address and my pub bike had a puncture, the tubes were not working and a cab to work would have cost over £60. 

So I went to Tesco this morning and bought a brand new Vertigo Richmond for £70…

I have left it in the car park at work and did not have a lock but for £70…

It is heavy-ish (about 12kg) and the brakes and gears are not exactly state-of-the-art but for £70…

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[dottigirl]

That’s not a bike, that’s a

That’s not a bike, that’s a BSO – a Bicycle Shaped Object. 

Ummm…good luck getting home.

[Roadie_john]

If this was London, the LTDA

If this was London, the LTDA should hear of this…

[P3t3]

Love it.. but face it – when

Love it.. but face it – when the other bikes have broken you will still be riding the vertigo, this time next year you won’t have ridden any other bike for 6 months…

 

Also – I would not have admitted that I was so incomptent that I couln’t fix a puncture!  Get better at repairing tubes!

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