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Owner of bike maker Raleigh files for insolvency

• ggm 1mo ago
  Never rated them as bikes. Like Halfords, a brand of last resort. Cheap cycles for the masses is a good thing but when it winds up being the one constantly at the side of the road in the rain having a lost loose nut replaced and with Rusty handlebars, that Reynolds 5-3-1 double butted expensive bike looks a lot better as a prospect albeit second hand.
  • AmazingEveryDay 1mo ago
    Bicycles, it's strange model where 99% of what's produced won't ever get significant use. Lots here probably have 'junk drawer' full of sbc, esp and the like dev boards, kinda same thing but bicycles, it's even more so.
    • ggm 1mo ago
      Very true. Had many bikes, usually broken at time of acquisition. Most rusted out under the house. Went bikeless for a few years then got one driven in need (home work commute in an inner city just too long to be a quick walk, and car use ridiculous) and have kept it in reasonable condition since. Meantime, down on the riverside, a peleton of recreational Men in Lycra ride cycles where a single carbon fibre wheel would buy my car... To your point. An sbc I got in a kickstarer died when the Ukrainian devs went into a war. 3 years later somebody has worked out how to attach to boot prom and serial, interrupt boot with a short on the mainboard and get into the locked boot sequence. So hoarding those dead sbc and cables can come good!
• JoeAltmaier 1mo ago
  In the US, it's estimated the average kid's bike goes less than 10 miles in it's lifetime.