Carrera Subway 2 written 4 years ago

As you may know I had my bike stolen earlier this year, and as the police had no luck in finding it, a new one was to be gotten!

Enter the Carrera Subway 2, it filled all my needs, and wasn’t too hard on the wallet. It came with the unfortunate caveat of only being available from Halfords, but as all the nicer bike shops I tried wanted at least ?350 for something equivalent, I decided it would be worth the risk.

Since I have to drag it up stairs at each end of my journey, I wanted something light, and since it will more than likely never see any mud, a rigid bike seemed the best option.

One of the major deciding factors of the bike was the disk brakes. I can’t honestly think of a decent reason to choose them over V-brakes, but they look darn cool. I guess they’ll work better in the wet. Maybe.

They were a little bit of a disappointment when I first used them, they were about as effective as holding a green stick next to the tyre. But now they’ve bedded in a little, they’re much more responsive. I’ll be throwing myself over the handlebars in no time.

Those clever Carrera chaps even thought of those many cyclists bums (mmm.. sweaty) and fitted a suspension seatpost. I’ll see how long it lasts before dropping apart.

Thanks to mr Grogglesocks for taking the pictures.

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