ed_m wrote:
hobbes wrote:
BUT, it is only illegal to SELL cycles without them (thereby not conforming to some BS standard), but not illegal to remove them once money has changed hands.
go figure.
do they have to be attached?
sure mine came in a plastic bag
A proper bike shop should BUILD your bike, checking EVERY nut, bolt, cable & component, not just 'put it together'.
ToysRus, ASDA, Argos or whoever else are not selling built bikes....just ones removed from their boxes with handbars straightened out a bit!!
There is usually a sticker somewhere on the bike "Conforms to BSxxxx", this is ONLY applicable when correectly built..to include supplied reflectors, Front & Rear mandatory - pedals & spokes sort of optional as far as I can remember (you try fitting reflectors to a set of clipless....).
Yes, I'm sure there are a LOT of lazy suppliers - or those who don't get visits from "trading standards" & the like to ensure a modicum of quality and legality in what they sell. And YOU being the sensible type would of course IMMEDIATELY have fitted them on
...or are you like the rest of humankind that sees them as mud-catching excess weight
OK, I can get a bit "ranty" over bikes & build quality etc. as I used to work in a proper bike shop...the type with an open policy to making coffees in the workshop for the regulars
.... repairs, bike & wheel building. Ah, happy days.