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I genuinley can't believe that this is still going and that people are still being ignored and not refunded.
It's not like they're based in another country, surely trading standards etc can't find it that hard to get hold of them!?
Nobody reporting getting refunds, no bikes turning up, no IG posts. Is that it? Have Sick just turned the lights off and wandered away?
This is how failed businesses tend to finish, with a whimper not a bang.
^ That really. Bike Co didn’t work out, move on to something else. Accounts to the end of Feb are due by the end of November. I don’t know what happens if they aren’t submitted but it wouldn’t surprise me if the fallout were limited to the company being wound up and any bank account along with it.
There’s a picture on social media of one of the the fanbois (he came up on ‘people you may know’ on fb, before I’m accused of stalking) of a 29er Marino with a DC fork, high single pivot and a twin chain setup VERY similar to the design the sleipnir. Not reading anything in to it, just interesting.
^ That really. Bike Co didn’t work out, move on to something else. Accounts to the end of Feb are due by the end of November. I don’t know what happens if they aren’t submitted but it wouldn’t surprise me if the fallout were limited to the company being wound up and any bank account along with it.
Cheapest way to wind up a company is do nothing, Companies house will close it after 3 months if no accounts are submitted. COST TO SICK NOTHING they just get to keep your money and their heads down till the company liability kicks in, unless someone raises a criminal case of fraud or something and lets be honest they are hardly Neil Woodford level shysters are they? They will walk away PROBLEM FREE.
@Tomhoward can you link us the photo? A twin chain steel high pivot bike with dual crowns sounds a lot like the new Starling.
Cheapest way to wind up a company is do nothing, Companies house will close it after 3 months if no accounts are submitted. COST TO SICK NOTHING they just get to keep your money and their heads down till the company liability kicks in, unless someone raises a criminal case of fraud or something and lets be honest they are hardly Neil Woodford level shysters are they? They will walk away PROBLEM FREE.
Not strictly true. The history of directors and company owners will be brought up in any careful bank's customer due-diligence checks for bank accounts and loans so that's likely to affect any future business plans. CCJs and a list of failed companies would be enough to decline future business accounts at some places. Doesn't stop is being crappy for the current folks who have lost money in this shambles though.
Anyone seen them about on their bikes recently? Are they keeping their heads down or riding around with not a care in the world?
@pimpin gimp, definitely not the new starling. This one has the two chains on the same (drive) side.
A million percent not that. The person who’s FB page it is will be lurking here, if he wants to post it up, you’ll all be impressed, it’s a lovely looking bike.
And definitely not a Starling.
(Or if he wants to PM me, I’m happy to post it on his behalf)
can you link us the photo?
Obviously not because its so top secret that anyone in the world except certain people aren't allowed to publish it...arse.
Not strictly true. The history of directors and company owners will be brought up in any careful bank’s customer due-diligence checks for bank accounts and loans so that’s likely to affect any future business plans. CCJs and a list of failed companies would be enough to decline future business accounts at some places. Doesn’t stop is being crappy for the current folks who have lost money in this shambles though.
Yet plenty of wives mothers etc become directors for a year before they suddenly aren't anymore and the people who are actually in control take over the reigns again.
Once again Phil, you got me. Except you haven’t, again…
If the person who’s pic this is wants me to take it down, pm me
It's a picture of a bike on Facebook what's so secretive? OH NOTHING awaits next dull-end post about blah blah blah.
you’ll all be impressed, it’s a lovely looking bike.
You're wrong more than a broken clock
I think the really interesting story here is not that of the middle-aged edgelords at Sick Bikes; rather it is the history between Tomhoward and Philxx1975.
Can someone do a TL;DR?
Montagues and Capulets innit?
Christ, that's gopping.
Pace DH bike anyone?
If the person who’s pic this is wants me to take it down, pm me.
Or give us a little more info. I’d be interested to know whether it is rideable or the Chainset and pulley just positioned for the photo.
A similar bike.
What’s the mini-dildo under the main shock body for ?
What’s the mini-dildo under the main shock body for ?
You can't see it from that angle, but there's a baby-robin holder mounted on the downtube just in front of it.
So the owner of the pic rang the STW office to have the pic removed, which the mods have done. That’s fine. Not sure why they would put it on their public fb page (their cover pic, no less) if they didn’t want it share but there we go. I didn’t link to it as I didn’t want the mob descending on his page. Weirdly I’ve had a pm from someone with no posting history saying they’re going to the police about me stealing their pic and stalking them. Also reminding me its a Marino, not a sick, which I originally stated. Ho hum.
They better not ride it in public then. Someone may see it in public.
I drove past the one that didn't do the Instagram videos (is that Tim or Jordan?!), he was pushing a pram and had a lady with him. No sick bike visible, but then have they ever been?!
I live fairly local to their 'base of operations' and will politely enquire with them what is going on, if I ever get the chance.
I’ve had a pm from someone with no posting history saying they’re going to the police about me stealing their pic and stalking them.
Just when I thought this thread had run out of steam it springs back to life even better than before.
Not sure why they would put it on their public fb page (their cover pic, no less) if they didn’t want it share but there we go
This was my point.
So the owner of the pic rang the STW office to have the pic removed
Sounds like a right NOB. Places image in public domain.
Weirdly I’ve had a pm from someone with no posting history saying they’re going to the police about me stealing their pic and stalking them
I will stick up for Tom ,proof he sounds like a right NOB,
he was pushing a pram full of
rich energyand hada ladypromotions girl with him
FTFY
I’ve had a pm from someone with no posting history saying they’re going to the police about me stealing their pic
Strictly speaking, the pic didn't belong to them, the minute they uploaded it belonged to Facebook.
Expect an email from Mark Zuckerberg any minute challenging you to a cage fight.
What biscuits for long, low and slack?
about me stealing their pic
Offer to return a printout of it by way of recompense. And make sure you don't leave any pixels out.
Weirdly I’ve had a pm from someone with no posting history saying they’re going to the police about me stealing their pic
I'd be lawyering up if i was you. You sound like you are in alot of trouble. The police will be all over such a henious crime. People like you disgust me.
Edit...guy sounds like a total knob. If he approached the police he'll be laughed out the station.
Anyone else dare to post this photo? I'm dying to know what this bike looked like now!
Oh, it's Captain Fanboi! No wonder he got shitty.
The same Joe who had the "chance meeting" with STW at Fort William?
Let’s not go mad on who’s pic it is, I’ve been chatting with him, and he has legitimate concerns about it being hawked round here, after last time. That’s why I didn’t link in the first place.
No PM yet, disappointed 😔
he has legitimate concerns about it being hawked round here
It must be harrowing people know he's a sick can do no wrong Fanboy and now know he's an utter Bell to boot.
Legitimate concern that he gets tagged with his heroes ,here's a little life lesson then you live by the sword , you die by the sword.
The concerns are nothing to do with being associated with sick. Let’s leave it there.
Grand, that’s crystal clear now. For a minute there I thought it might’ve been made up reasons
No matter what the reason they asked us to remove the photo, anyone else reposting it will be dealt with.
lets not get the thread closed, its gold.
Posting photos of bikes on a bike forum definitely needs strict controls!
New bike by night
Dammit I fell for that. You've been watching John Oliver haven't you...
I think he's just been on the internet for the at least 10 years.
I think he’s just been on the internet for the at least 10 years
Pfft, noobs...
Posted it on pinkbike YET?
Is it one of @sickengineer or whatever his name now is designs that Marino has built that he's now flogged on?? Is there a reason for the stealth bomber levels of secrecy , its a bike FFS
Given they couldn’t protect the brand name, i’d be amazed if Sick had done a better job at protecting any other parts of their IP anyway
Is it one of @sickengineer or whatever his name now is designs that Marino has built that he’s now flogged on?? Is there a reason for the stealth bomber levels of secrecy , its a bike FFS
Not him, but Joe had a lot of crap on the web, not entirely tied in with the Sick connection that he seems to have been playing down. The Sick brand does seem to be a social media carcinogen. Wear gloves guys!
Dammit I fell for that. You’ve been watching John Oliver haven’t you…
BMX forums used to love using Meatspin instead of being rick rolled...still cant listen to the Dead or Alive song without chuckling...
Thank good the pic was removed I’ve felt queasy since I seen it 🙁
So the bike was so gobbing it had to be removed??
Joe had a lot of crap on the web, not entirely tied in with the Sick connection that he seems to have been playing down.
Oh so internet nobody becomes a celebrity by being a gobshite riding the wave of SICKLORDS then regrets it? Is that what happened?
At Least Tom has a backbone .
No he received some bullying and some quite uncesseary abuse from people on the internet, he asked for items to be removed to prevent that happening again. If you think he's deserved the abuse he received then I suggest you're part of the problem.
Who the **** is Joe?
Phil. Not everyone is an internet hardman like you, nor are they bullet proof. Some (mtbing) ****s started directing homophobic abuse at him, for having a certain brand of bike. I can understand why he wouldn’t want his pics/links to his page paraded around bits of the internet he can’t control. If you can’t, you need to have a long hard look at yourself, or get back under your bridge and let the grown ups carry on talking.
Now, has anyone seen a Taiwanese container full of frames lately?
No he received some bullying and some quite uncesseary abuse from people on the internet, he asked for items to be removed to prevent that happening again. If you think he’s deserved the abuse he received then I suggest you’re part of the problem.
You could say the same about forums that let one set of people say one thing then don't like it when people retaliate, I think YOU know full well these people picked a side, in his case Sick , then didn't like it when things weren't quite going so well for him , a bit like the mob mentality on here only that you don't have control of what happens off this site eh? Maybe I am part of the problem but I don't enable it.
Some (mtbing) ****s started directing homophobic abuse at him, for having a certain brand of bike
Perhaps a non polite **** OFF in their direction then from him. Maybe he didn't offer them a fight in the car park as some do.
Well thank you for demonstrating my point Phil.
I miss all the fun, I really wanted to see that bike!
really wanted to see that
Join the queue of customers...
You didn’t miss much. I only saw it briefly, but it just looked a little bit shit and had a weird dildo thing stuck to it under the suspension. Really.
I miss all the fun, I really wanted to see that bike!
Picture all of Sicks other noodly tubed rear ends without an isolator (ala Production Privee) feeding lots of sideways loading into the shock itself coupled with a White Industries DOS freewheel mounted Brooklyn Machine Works style.
Strictly speaking, the pic didn’t belong to them, the minute they uploaded it belonged to Facebook.
Expect an email from Mark Zuckerberg any minute challenging you to a cage fight.
And within a day of Tom posting the pic FB and Insta died and you couldn't upload pics.
Spooky.
@eddiebaby - those welsh caramel thin wafer rock ‘ard ones are obvs gonna be the go to as this will take some munching time ...
😂
His Cheese instagram is back up
Looking at their behaviour towards customers I don’t know why they didn’t register the name Nob Cheese.
^ those narrow bars and upright stem wont be comfy^
Hmmmm.....
Is this what it sounds like when doves cry?
How many days now till the mate who worked for them relaunches the brand ?
Cant find the July drop clock website.
A whole week and no news. Have they evaporated in the heat ?
Not at all, they aren't going anywhere. Big things are going on behind the scenes, they are here to stay.
Anybody had a bike or a refund yet?
funkmasterp
Anybody had a bike or a refund yet?
Probably not, but they may have been offered some vegan cheese - although in this heat it might not be so good......
At least Storey can go back to running Sick bikes now.
Next model the lightningboltiscist.
Big things are going on behind the scenes
They're actually paying people back or supplying the frames people ordered?
They’re actually paying people back or supplying the frames people ordered?
You're just being silly now 😀