Will my old bike count?

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Will my old bike count?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53558629
£50 bike voucher to "do it up"?....they obviously have not seen mine! :lol:
It consists of an old frame, slightly rusting gears, back wheel only, chain missing, and has no saddle currently.
It was a pretty good "gents 10 speed racer" in its day, but that was back in the late 70's early 80's, I used it daily to go to the factory I worked at back in those days, I am not sure how far £50 will go to bring it back up to usable daily scratch. :D
Now if they want to "prescribe me" a brand new modern one on the NHS....I am all for it, give me the prescription Doc! ;)
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Re: Will my old bike count?

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There's no bike like an old bike.

If I'd been born female, I would have been the Village Bike. ;)
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Re: Will my old bike count?

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G6CSL wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:25 am There's no bike like an old bike.

If I'd been born female, I would have been the Village Bike. ;)

Well, if you had been born a ladies bike ......................
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Re: Will my old bike count?

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Looks like the scheme is not worth having.

The voucher has to go towards work done by a shop, which means it will buy you next to nothing.

It is more a help to the cycles shops than the customers.

What's the betting the quotes will be upped by the £50 to start with.


If it could be used to buy parts, it might have been worthwhile.

I bet there will be thousands of vouchers claimed and not used.
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Re: Will my old bike count?

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I think you are probably right.
Looking at the price of cycles and bits these days, £50 will not go that far! ;)
Certainly isn't going to get my old Carlton back on the road. :lol:
It's just another political "we are getting on top of fat buggers" lip service stunt.
In the real World it amounts to nothing.
Looking at the news....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53576008
Well no surprise there, it was always going to crash with so little on offer to grabbed by potentially so many.

"The vouchers would typically cover the bill for a standard service and the replacement of a basic component such as an inner tube or cable."

Yep, that's about all you would get for £50, a squirt of oil and an inner tube. ;)
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Re: Will my old bike count?

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My wife has a bike, needs two new tyres and tubes, and a brake cable, plus setting up the gears.

Could do that with £50 of parts, but what the cycle shops would charge, even with the £50 voucher, it would be cheaper to get another SH bike.
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