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Old May 6th 19, 06:53 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
JWM
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A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear - not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks
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Old May 6th 19, 07:23 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mr Pounder Esquire
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JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.


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Old May 6th 19, 07:50 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Kerr-Mudd,John[_2_]
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On Mon, 06 May 2019 17:53:54 GMT, JWM wrote:

A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear -
not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


You might be better off asking in urc.moderated ; there are some sad
individuals posting here.


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Old May 6th 19, 07:51 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Kerr-Mudd,John[_2_]
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On Mon, 06 May 2019 18:23:11 GMT, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:

JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.


See?


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Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
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Old May 6th 19, 08:11 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 6:53:55 PM UTC+1, JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear - not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


My wife loves her Giant Expression N3. £350 or so.

https://www.thebikelist.co.uk/giant/...sion-n3-w-2013
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Old May 7th 19, 10:17 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Peter Keller[_3_]
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On 07/05/2019 06:23, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.



If growing up is becoming a pillock like you then that is absolutely the
wrong advice.
Has your chisel got any use yet?
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Old May 7th 19, 12:10 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
True Blue[_3_]
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On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:23:15 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.


"Mr Pounder".....hmmmm - is your nym a proclamation of your machismo and virality ? Do you take a young lady to heaven and back by relentlessly "pounding away" at her all night, stopping only occasionally for more rhino horn?

I think we should be told.
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Old May 7th 19, 12:34 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mr Pounder Esquire
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True Blue wrote:
On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:23:15 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk
brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.


"Mr Pounder".....hmmmm - is your nym a proclamation of your machismo
and virality ? Do you take a young lady to heaven and back by
relentlessly "pounding away" at her all night, stopping only
occasionally for more rhino horn?

I think we should be told.


I've heard them all, including your cheap silly crack.



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Old May 7th 19, 12:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Tue, 07 May 2019 04:10:08 -0700, True Blue wrote:

On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:23:15 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
JWM wrote:
A female friend of mine wants a new bike

Her current one is from Halfords and is their "own brand" although I
can't quite remember the name off the top of my head. She'll want
something similar ie a hybrid with a female frame but the main
criteria are it needs to be a good deal lighter and have disk brakes.

Not being familiar with bikes at all I wondered if anyone has any
recommendations for something suitable - budget is around £500.

My bike has a toothed belt rather than a chain and it has a hub gear
- not wanting the belt for my friend but a hub gear might be good?

Thanks


Tell her to grow up, get a job and buy a car.


"Mr Pounder".....hmmmm - is your nym a proclamation of your machismo and
virality ? Do you take a young lady to heaven and back by relentlessly
"pounding away" at her all night, stopping only occasionally for more
rhino horn?

I think we should be told.



He's a plumber; the nickname came from an over-zealous application of a
toilet plunger to a blocked drain under a standing head, which resulted
in a blowback of the contents.

(He posted about it in his early days on usenet, when the little old lady
saw him covered in it she would not allow him to use the shower, kicked
him out and hired another [better] plumber.)
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Old May 7th 19, 06:53 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 12:58:26 PM UTC+1, No. 6 wrote:

He's a plumber; the nickname came from an over-zealous application of a
toilet plunger to a blocked drain under a standing head, which resulted
in a blowback of the contents.

(He posted about it in his early days on usenet, when the little old lady
saw him covered in it she would not allow him to use the shower, kicked
him out and hired another [better] plumber.)


The Medway Handyman was our resident bog cleaner, Pounder was a fire extinguisher salesman.
 




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