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Very interesting article although I would challenge some the figures such as a weekly wage of Â518 in 2005. I live in Wales I don't many people earning that much now in 2019. In 2005 I bought a cheap Chinese Mountain bike for Â120 online. Much to my surprise 2 arrived it was buy one get one free. I gave one away and kept the other one. It is a heavy old lump but it's still going strong to this day.The only thing apart from an occasional dollop of lubricate its needed was brake blocks. Granted it's not used on a daily basis I'm pushing 70. But it gets plenty of use in the summer. It would be great to have a lightweight expensive bike but that's beyond many peoples budget. So my Â60 bike sort of destroys you environmental argument I'd hazard a guess many expensive bike haven't lasted 18 years. Like any aspect of life 'you pays your money and takes your chance'. Maybe I was lucky.I bought a bog standard bike for next to nothing and it has proved to be a gem. I might have spent Â500 on a so called quality bike and had expensive problems with it. How often do you see expensive modern cars stopped on the hard shoulder of the motorways. I would suggest a lot more often than old ones. At the end of the day if a cheap bikes gets someone riding again as long as its safe to ride where's the harm.

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This so called Â50 bike has a sticker on it, saying it conforms to BS 6102-1992. Suggesting it is built to a standard. There is however no build quality what so ever. The free wheel seized up then failed. The pedal crank fell off and will not tighten. The brake arms are so thin, The replacement brake blocks will not fit unless "packed out" with washers. As some were missing. The list goes on. It's now in storage, the tyres might come in hady as will some of the nuts and bolts. Expensive spares!