Sinclairs new bike

[threaded]

Sinclairs got a new invention. A folding bike

Trip angle? He maybe has heard of it.

Give the man credit though, I would never in a million years think I could get away with selling something so dangerous to the public. Wonder what his product liability insurance is like?

[Mailman]

Why should there be product liability on this one? If you are dumb enough to buy it then you suffer the consequences!

Mailman

[BoredBloke]

Hopefully the width of those tiny wheels is less than the width of the slots in our grids.

[TheMonkey]

My god. He's still alive. I don't know how considering he manages to make SFA from his inventions!

[Masher]

I won a Zike once. Crap doesn't cover it. I had the battery charger replaced twice. A totally different design was supplied each time. None of them worked properly. I have seen pictures of Zike with proper chains but mine had a heavy duty elastic band. It used to bunch up under tension then slip and go clack. In the few months I had it I only managed to cover about 5 miles. Sinclair didn't want to know. The local dealers who had stocked them said that they were a total joke. In the end the competition promoter gave me the value of Zike (£500) and told me I could keep it. I subsequently sold to some guy who didn't mind that it didn't work as he thought it would become a collectors item

This netted me an additional £120

[dang65]

Bull Electrical were selling bits for C5s for donkey's years...

From what I understand, C5 motors are still held in high regard and are much sought after. It's all the other bits that were so pointless.

Only possibly useful option I can think of for this new folding thing is to take it on holiday if you're staying in a very flat and clean holiday village or campsite. I wouldn't use it anywhere near a public road, mainly because of potholes and drain covers as mentioned by others. But smooth paths in a place like Center Parcs or on a good French campsite, would probably be alright.

[djfoot]

C5's are still going strong. Passed one on the M3 this morning. Admittedly, they've gone through a number of redesigns now they're sold by Citroen, but they're still cr@p.

[TheMonkey]

My friend bought a C5 years ago for £50. The thing that makes me laugh is that someone nicked it! Not a great getaway vehicle!