I've got another bike!

[Arch]

Picked up an Ebay purchase yesterday. With one bike already stored in the flat, it might have been a bit of a squeeze, but luckily, the new one is quite compact.

In fact, it's a touch small for me. Here it is, listening intently to words of roadcraft wisdom from my trusty winter hack.

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May I introduce, Little 'Un. He;s not staying too long - just as soon as I can spare and arrange the time to take him to Winchester, probably in a couple of months time, he'll be moving on, and hopefully making a small boy very happy. Assuming the small boy can be torn away from his train set which is the current obsession.

The only trouble is, it's so sweet, I'm getting quite attached to it. It's going to be a wrench to pass it on! And it's having an alarming tendency to bring on broodiness....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That is soooo cute - you could put a safety pin on it and wear it as a brooch!

Get ready for a load of comments about getting that dresser tidy though!!!

 

[rich p]

Are you really asking for an inseminator on a cycling forum?

Goodness gracious, Arch

 

[Arch]

That is soooo cute - you could put a safety pin on it and wear it as a brooch!

Get ready for a load of comments about getting that dresser tidy though!!!

Yeah, I know, it's the repository for all the stuff I can't think where else to put. It. <warning, grammar malfunction>

I tried to find a better background, but the flat is so crowded, there isn't a bit of blank wall...

It (the bike) is very, very cute. It sat at my feet on the train on the way back, and it was all I could do not to talk to it and point at things out of the window, like I would with my nephew.

I'm trying very hard not to equip it with a bell, lights etc...

 

[Arch]

Are you really asking for an inseminator on a cycling forum?

Probably not. I'll get over it. Probably.

Can anyone hear ticking?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

it was all I could do not to talk to it and point at things out of the window

Aw - you should have let it enjoy the vista too.
You could have done all the naminal noise - moo'd and baa'd your way back home!!!

 

[summerdays]

Nice bike - have you tried riding it? I've got an appointment/booking to visit Islabikes in a couple of weeks time to go and look at their bikes...

 

[spandex]

I think you got the sizing a bit wrong somewhere Arch???

 

[Greedo]

Think you need a visit from Kim and Aggie

 

[wafflycat]

Ignore them, Arch. Life is too short to worry about a tidy dresser! Time spent on the housework is time spent off the bike! 'Nuff sed!

 

[Ben M]

The chain is... oh wait...

 

[spandex]

Ignore them, Arch. Life is too short to worry about a tidy dresser! Time spent on the housework is time spent off the bike! 'Nuff sed!

What dresser I did not see a dresser

 

[tyred]

Buy yourself a long seatpost and handlebar stem and you should be okay.

 

[Arch]

What dresser I did not see a dresser

It's behind the bikes, under all the junk....

Summerdays - no I haven't, for two reasons. One, I fear it might not be rated for 11 stone. Two, I think if I got down that far, I might never get up again! Enjoy your visit to them - are you looking at a Rothan, or something bigger? If Oli takes to this, of course, I'll be looking for a Cnoc in a year or so....

Expensive business, this auntying. Still, I do adore him.... If he doesn't get a sibling (it's vaguely planned), he's going to end up seriously spoilt by Aunty Sue and both grannies.

 

[spandex]

The best bit is giving them back