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    Posted: 19 Oct 09 at 12:06pm

Might have completely the wrong end of the stick but how about this James:

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/urban/soho/soho/

Seems to have rack mounts, is 8 speed, and has a CARBON belt drive.....
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Thats not such a bad thing Getafix. It means that in 6 months time and they have decided to move onto their new fashionable sport these multi thousand pound bikes will be on ebay... for usually less than half price. 
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Also: shiny multi-thousand-pound MTBs on racks on the back of immaculate 4x4s
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Also: grown men on quite-clearly-not-stolen BMXs: you look like utter prats.
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Originally posted by alstorer

Recumbents: why?

Don’t get me started! There is an idiot that insists on riding his out to the village where I live. The road goes up a steep hill between hedgerows that are about 10 foot high and there’s a right angle bend half way up.

First time I came across him he was just round the corner travelling about 5MPH, if that. He’s got a pink flag on a mast, but I couldn’t see it because of the hedges. After that the road goes gently downhill for about half a mile to the village. Came out the drive the other week and there is this thing bouncing down the road at about 40 with a couple of cars following it.

As far as I’m concerned Recumbent bike = Suicide machine.

Come to think of it not seen him recently!
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On a different note:
Recumbants: why? I can understand that they may well be better for your back, and that they are potentially more efficient and faster.

But around town, surely they're an awful idea?Yet still I see the occasional idiot on one in stop-start traffic in the middle of Cambridge, craning his neck (for it is always a "he") and trying not to fall flat or be run over by a lorry.
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Its a bit like when I was 17....(car stereo cost loads more than the car!) Luckily its only a fraction of the cost of my Stumpy!

I've spent a lot on the stumpy! The road bike has only had tyres (the cheap hutchinson ones on it only lasted 450 miles!) a set of spd pedals, a computer, its been tuned once, had the chain cleaned once and gets more chainlube once a month! Stumpy would have had a few sets of tyres, plenty of brake pads, 3 or 4 chains, a few sets of jockey wheels and probably lots more!

We'll have to arrange a northern (well midlands based) xc weekend with a night ride sometime soon. (Debi would like to join in too)

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haha, I bet that the wear and tear on that is a whole lot less than even a quarter of that mileage with the mountain bike out in Wales. I worked out how much I had spent on my bike the other week and it was pretty horrendous reading!

Point taken on the lights. Mine will only be used for night riding on the mountain bike so didn't really want to spend loads. Could have bought 6 sets though and mounted them on the handle bars for the same price! You gutted that your lights are worth more than your bike?!
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I looked into that but wanted something that was in the uk as i'm starting to need it daily for the commute. It took a lot for me to justify to myself that its worth spending the cash... but its going to be par birthday present from my mum and old man and Debi so that significantly reduced the amount i needed to pay myself.

On another topic this commuting business is getting silly my £260 roadie wil have done over 1000 miles by the end of next week. Glad I'm not using the stumpy for the commute now!

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Looks good Stu...

I recently got an LED lamp from Dealextreme, 900 lumens and only a shade over £50. It's really bright and light. Not used it with avengence yet, but so far so good!
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