Biker Joe
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- Location
- Nr Harlow, Essex.
On my way back home today after a bike ride, I stopped to have a chat to a chap I know in the village.
He was having a tidy up of his garage.
During the conversation he mentioned he was throwing out an old bike he had as the frame had cracked and he doesn't ride any more anyway.
He said there were a few bits off it I could have if I wanted. Didn't want anything for them.
I've got a Shimano 8 speed set up on my bike and this chap's bike had a Shimano 105 9 speed flight deck set up.
I thanked him profusely and went back and got the bike of him later.
So I've been busy this afternoon changing my bike.
I've now gone from 8 speed to 9 speed. Not a big upgrade in the scheme of things but a bit of a result.
I phoned my eldest Son, who's trying to put a new bike together on the cheap, and he said he would like my old 8 speed set up. So I've given him that and I've given him the the back wheel (front wheel missing), brakes, drop handlebars and crank set off the broken bike.
He's well pleased and so am I.
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As I said. "A bit of a result"
He was having a tidy up of his garage.
During the conversation he mentioned he was throwing out an old bike he had as the frame had cracked and he doesn't ride any more anyway.
He said there were a few bits off it I could have if I wanted. Didn't want anything for them.
I've got a Shimano 8 speed set up on my bike and this chap's bike had a Shimano 105 9 speed flight deck set up.
I thanked him profusely and went back and got the bike of him later.
So I've been busy this afternoon changing my bike.
I've now gone from 8 speed to 9 speed. Not a big upgrade in the scheme of things but a bit of a result.
I phoned my eldest Son, who's trying to put a new bike together on the cheap, and he said he would like my old 8 speed set up. So I've given him that and I've given him the the back wheel (front wheel missing), brakes, drop handlebars and crank set off the broken bike.
He's well pleased and so am I.
.As I said. "A bit of a result"
