Sounds like a good concept, thanks for sharing, I'd be interested to see peoples' reviews on the bike.

Im after a new bike, could be tempted to get one

Thanks for posting

any idea when it will be in store?

For £70 you get a very basic bike. At 18kg it's heavy, but If the brakes work reasonably , it would be OK for a wee runabout bike. You won't lose any sleep if it gets nicked or trashed.

British Eagle is a common budget brand,for regular use I would pay a bit more for better spec.

Good price I suppose so heat given. :thumbsup:

Yeah looks a good price. Just had a google but couldnt find anymore information on it than Asda have on their site. No reviews about.

18kg? 40lbs!!! holy cow, don't put it on a bike rack on the back of your car, it'll knacker the suspension! Love the spin on this promotion, this sort of bike comes in at around £18 per unit from China, even with logistics and promotion, stating 'no profit' is a bit far-fetched... they must be including store staffing costs and store overheads into that equation! A good bike if you only cycle once every now and again, but with that weight it'll be terrible to ride.

Not sure mate; the email only said "soon". Can you get it delivered to the store, or were you more interested in actually seeing the bike in the flesh (so to speak)?

ASDA chief exec, Andy Bond, is cycling John O'Groats to landsend in August. Expect lots of bike stuff in ASDA's to coincide.

The latter, so to speak. Although doubt it would really make that much of a difference if I did see it in the flesh or not- can't expect much at this price.

british eagle are a brand of FALCON , making bikes in england since forever (tho they may get parts shipped in from china , cant verify).
they have a great rep for cheap but indestructable bikes.
and 40lbs isnt heavy for a mountain bike imo , if you are spending 2grand you will only be getting a 30lb bike still.

Falcon haven't put bikes together in the UK for many years, along with Raleigh and all the other major manufacturers- it's not cost effective. You can't make or build a bike in the UK, cover labour, factory overheads, taxes, etc and retail at a pricepoint under £100.

£2000 will buy you a front suspension mtb weighing 23lbs or thereabouts- 30lb would be a downhill rig, built for strength, and heavy so it can roll downhill. 40lbs is almost unrideable when combined with rubbish hub bearings, but for £70 nobody will expect much. I'm tempted to get two to bench press, that'll be much more rewarding exercise than riding the things!

Beavis,

I wasn't trying to be controversial, only factual. One is a XC Trek weighing about 12-13kg, the other is a GT I have kitted out as a town bike weighing probably 18kg without panniers. As another contributor says, I know which one is easier to ride/ put on a bike rack.

The difference between my bikes is the effort required to ride them. Cheap bikes have a place - as long as they are safe to ride ie. the brakesw ork efficiently. My GT has decent V brakes that work well, that is the only proviso I put on the British Eagle - although I wouldn't want want to ride it up an actual mountain. :-D

Woops, meant to say I have two bikes , I have personally built. Previous post seems stupid without that vital piece of info.

Yeah , I'm happy to be wrong , can only go with my own experiance after all.

my first mountain bike was more like 60lb and had calliper brakes. was perfect for 5 or 6 years going up/down the cotswolds without an issue.

No problems, thats what the edit button is for, I just wish more people would correct their posts.

Well I highly doubt those prices are 'cost', theres bound to be some profit somewhere, but good deal none the less.

Oh aye, too right, my first bike used for off-roading was a raleigh racer that cost £20 which I put straight bars and chunkier tyres on, the gear ratios were stupidly big, the wheels bent and buckled every time it was ridden, and the frame was far too big. Had a great time on it but i'm glad i've got a half-way decent mtb now, it's much more fun to ride. Having said that, i'd suggest anyone looking to buy one of these considers a s/h bike instead- you'll get better value and it's recycling. My current early 90s Cannondale cost less than £100 from a trading post type place near my bro's house, theres always loads of £300ish bikes for under a ton in Loot [better resale value too!]

Sorry but I voted cold as you can get these rubbish cheap no-name bikes (British Eagle, Dunlop etc.) for cheaper than this - Amazon, Sports Direct etc.

I agree with above that given the choice, I would rather pick up a second hand bike for th money.

Also these bikes are self assembly which can be very dangerous if you dont know what you are doing so you might have to factor in the cost of having a Local Bike Shop setting it up for you correctly and safely. This would probably cost £20-£30 on top of this price.

The specs on the Asda site are a joke, made me laugh out loud when I read them! They obviously struggled to write anything, the bikes are so crappy and unbranded.

£70 is cheap, but so what? Your talking about something that could potentially hurt, cripple or maim you if it fails, mechanically, so why skimp? These chepo bikes are false economy and lunacy if you ask me!

And as, Toybhoy said above, if you wanna buy chepo nasty crap, there is cheaper (and probably nastier!) available if you look.

40lbs. Gulp! At least they aren't trying to sell useless double-boingers and keeping it simple. I have seen base bikes being sold for £50 before though.
Any ways... here's another crappy bike for 1p cheaper. Non in stock ATM which is probably just as well.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emmelle-Trekker-Gents-18-speed-Silver/dp/B0013NCR7M/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1245127679&sr=1-7