We found Britain’s CHEAPEST road bike and took it for a test ride! It cost less than 1% of the price of some of the superbikes Si’s lucky enough to ride… Given it was less than three figures, how does it shape up?!
00:00 How bad is the cheapest bike in Britain?
00:22 How we found this bike
01:36 What do you get for this price?
03:46 What’s not great about this bike?
06:15 What do other people say about this bike?
07:34 Is it worth the money?
09:10 Is this bike fast?
10:17 So…is this bike any good?
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34 Comments
What do you think? Was this a good deal? 💸
As my dad always said, "bad riding is better than good walking any day". Mind you , he never saw one of these.
David Bowie's Jareth would have been jealous of your pants. 😀
It would appear whoever your mechanic is has never even seen a rim brake before. You know they're supposed to be pre tensioned so they grab early in the stroke, right?
This screams China having excess production capacity and some CCP official turning the screws to flood the West with products, undercutting their rivals, despite being a massive loss leader, to keep factories going.
defiantly represents good value, Plus as its so cheap you could spend some extra cash and get the brakes sorted…..perfect for the cyclist that just wants to ride
6:16 😁
There’s no chance it’d save you £2500 over a year. Because those cheap chain rings and the wheels I could actually see flexing wouldn’t last more than a month of daily use. I’d actually like to see you do a long term test on it just to see how much would break.
Or you could walk.
Sat in bed laughing my head off. The wife thinks I’ve lost it 😂😂😂
Not GCN tech putting a brand new Dura-Ace on the Retro-Mod build, Sounds like this bike's getting that groupset after that project. HAHAHAHA
I'd probably buy one…and upgrade the transmission to SENSAH 2×10 speed, change the brake pads/brake caliper set, and change the tires to schwalbe marathon
then use it an all-weather commuter bike
I love modding these types of "cheap" bikes….
The brake blocks were too far away from the rims. Adjust them. And if need be replace them with a set of good quality blocks for under £10. You could have mentioned this at least, a set of new brake blocks and some adjustment would have solved the 'no brakes' issue. A five-ten minute do-it-yourself job. Nice bike for the price!
I wonder if at that price it would be worthwhile for a casual cyclist to buy it and replace the drop bar, shifters and brakes. Get a ok casual bike for a few hundred.
You forgot to mention your high end bikes are extremely expensive and don't have a bell! And, yes, why walk, drive or ride (a bus, a train or anything else) if you can cycle.
Is it better than the eurobike?
Seems fine. Swap the bars and you’ve got an awesome bike for £100! You don’t need brakes on a road bike 🚴♀️
Have your knees gone? Your running style looks painful 😊
Shows up ludicrous high end bike prices. Basically makes no difference buying anything more expensive. Same speed!
Replace the drop handlebars and road brake levers with flat bars and basic mtb brake levers, adjust the brakes properly and you've got a decent cheap commuter bike although I doubt the tyres have much puncture protection. An interesting experiment would be to lock the Cross bike with a basic D lock to a bike stand near GCN megabase and next to it lock an old tatty bike with a lock from a pound shop and see which one gets stolen first.
let's see a build series on the 82.50. what would it take to make it a solid commuter bike? Bet it could be made decent for under 250!
That is a long walk from the gears to the brakes. I say that having had suicide shift on my first road bike….
Red bikes are faster. It’s science. I have a Ferrari red Canyon
Buy this bike, a Sensah group set, and your off to the races
Can the stem be turned upside-down on this one for a less stretched out riding position?
This Lloyd fella, does he still love you? I mean, given the brakes…
As always, I love your sense of humor. Thanks for another entertaining video!
A few tweaks, it's easy enough to replace the brakes and shorten the stem or even replace the handlebars, absolute bargain!
A bicycle is safe in the shed, but bicycles weren't designed for that were they ?
Upgrade few items, – be a usable bicycle. Pity about the weight though. Could try hacksawing the top tube completely off, might bring the weight down a tad.
⭐⭐⭐Nearly ended up in hospital
That is indeed an exceptionally forgiving review. What would the lower ones be for her?
⭐⭐ I died, but was luckily resuscitated and only left partially paralysed.
800 CNY for a real road bike is considered cheap in China too！I am not confident to find a brand new road bike with this price tag in China.
It reminds me of my first bike at 18. I’d gotten sick of the train to uni. It was a 100AUD Royce Union racer. The brakes worked about the same as in the video but were sort of usable after adjusting.
To be fair it looks like the perfect student bike.. something cheap your gunna use for short commutes for a few years before more than likely changing location.
looks like the brake hoods are mounted on the wrong part of the drops… a bit of a faff to fix for someone spending £82 on a bike and probably not knowing how too. bars need rotating downwards and the hoods need sliding up…. I’m sure the braking could be massively improved by taking out all the slack and getting better pads if need be. but I still think it’s a perfect student bike.. use it for a couple of years to get to lectures and then throw it in your local canal.