All my bikes get on very well with each other thank you Crackle, Gen knows that she is "The One" and the others just work for me, even if I do have a little bit more fun on Kinks* than I should B)
She isn't threatened by Sir Walter, my 1982 Raleigh Zenith, as even with his smart new paintjob, he still has a lock permanatly attached to the pannier rack
and currently is without a saddle, but with a stuck seatpost
Gen's biggest rival is Trixie my mtb, I have had some seriously dirty fun riding her B)
though don't do much more than look at her lovingly these days
The bike shop have said that they noticed the problem too, which is good because it means I'm not going mad
, and it seems to be a cracked bearing race in the headset. So they have ordered me a nice new CaneCreek and have had a fettle of her BB etc. I have also had to have new handlebars
due to a rather unsexy dent in the RH side.
With their labour at around £75, bars £45, headset £30 and £7 bar the credit card is going to be taking some punishment! I should be picking her up tomorrow.
* 1988 Raleigh Quasar 10spd