Actually thats not true, cheaper bikes break down more easily and end up with more maintenance cost. buying extra bikes as spare is not a good alternative as you'll need to provide parking space for these extra bikes. Cheap Bikes that are not ridden, rust pretty quickly if not kept indoors.
It's like a photographer spending thousands on a good camera which is weather proof. you don't tell a wedding photographer to buy a cheap camera and buy a few more as spare rather then get a good pro-camera right?
Have you ridden a bromptons before? your cheap bikes will have problem keeping up..
I wasn't talking about cheap or cheapo bikes per se. Like I said, I actually meant cheaper alternatives.
Sorry but your example don't pan out. You mean, a D7000 or 7D or even a K5 cannot handle the job compared to a higher spec camera? Furthermore the business of photography requires the use of a camera (duh....) and having a good one does in some way helps you but in no way guarantee a great picture. And also it is a business that requires to fund its own gears.
Compared this to the job of nparks people to, what I assume to be, doing checks, maintenance and repairs - which does not limit itself to the use of a bicycle does it? One can do it or foot, motorbike, scooter -> a motor-driven kick scooter, skateboard, rollerblade, etc. I think you get what I mean, it doesn't need a bicycle to do the job but a bicycle perhaps happens to be the most logical and most efficient way to do it (as an enthusiast I support it whole-heartedly). But in this case we owe it to ourself to ask whether spending 2.2k on a bicycle is worth it? This is the public's money. If we do proper due diligence before we purchase anything on ourself (to ensure that it is what we need, at the best possible price) why not this? Filter out all the crap and talking-**** on alot of the other forums, this seems to be the general consensus.
Yes I do know the quality of a bromptom, I've even considered buying one. Also te GT 2.0 is a a good value for money bike imo but all things considered after riding through the connector parks from Jurong all the way to East Coast park - on pavement, grass, on paved-roads, gravel which I think it would be very good for, I ended up buying a monotine single-speed (not their foldable bike but
this) swapped out the default tires and so far so good and that after a year, with the occasional check and clean once a week, single-gear is so easy to maintain compared to my mtb with derailleurs. It is a good sturdy bike, light enough and for not much money - $150 infact (plus additional items). I bought it 2nd-hand off a guy who has ridden it pretty good.
And you gotta understand the knee-jerk reaction on gov spending after the recent fiasco.
And 10km/hr is 10km/hr no matter what bike u ride. It is a bike to do a job anyway, not to race.
