Station bike

[andy ted]

Hi all, was after some advice!

My commute is changing and I now have the need to do 2-3 flat miles each way across London. I am commuting in to Euston. My first thought was to get a Brompton, but I don’t need it at both ends and therefore seems expensive!

So I was thinking I would get a ‘consumable’ bike and a decent lock and just factor in that it may get stolen now and again.

I was thinking a late 90’s mountain bike with some slicks might be a good place to start? Maybe finished off with a rattle can - Does anyone else do this sort of thing? Would be great to hear what you have done! Open to any sort of bike - not fussed at all with how it looks but would want one that would be maintainable and not soul distroying to ride! Budget is open - second hand is fine but want to make sure I don’t end up with a stolen one!

With regards to security what’s the current reccomendations on brands? Was thinking Ulock or chain... need a balance of cost vs security assuming at some point it may get damaged etc - sad state of affairs that need to consider all this and assume the bike will be consumable 🙁

thanks in advance!

Andy

[TwistingMyMelon]

I bought an old Giant MTB off ebay for £6 that would be good for this. I also bought a single speed off ebay for £25

As you said aim for an old 90s MTB: job jobbed

For 3 miles of start stop urban riding it wont really matter what you buy just get some slick tyres if they have knoblies on

[idiotgap]

I had a similar plan, it went like this:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Compressed version... £56 hybrid on gumtree, spent a bit on it making it work and needed new tyres. I used to lock it up in Croydon, it never seemed to get tampered with. I changed my commute in the end so I didn't need to lock a bike up outside so I passed it on to someone else.