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Cycle to work -£1000 bike for £409, is that right?
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The bike I'm getting is a £1,000 bike but that's the type of bike I wanted, so for me the scheme was a no-brainer. I bought extra bits on top with my own money.
My current bike is a flat-bar hybrid which is good, but the ride position starts to get uncomfortable on long rides. So I've using the scheme to get a Cyclocross bike which is good for commuting (i.e. takes a rack and is pretty sturdy), but also suited to longer rides because it has drop bars.
Indeed, I did that with my second bike, first a pure road, second a CX. First I got with some lights, second was the full £1000 as I had all the other bits I needed, as a bonus I did it via a trade-in at Evans and got £75 or £100 (can't remember) of free stuff as part of their offer!Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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