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simon the viking
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Yeah... But it had a hard paper round
Mrs V's used and abused bike...
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simon the viking
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The photos do it a favour though.. It is scratched on top tube and all the nuts (behave) need changing (or more likely painting) as they are tarnished, changing all of them to stainless steel would have added quite a bit due to time required...
uphillstruggler
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Trouble only comes if your better half likes the bar tape sparkly yellow, I had it once and it was a pain to keep clean - get a job lot in if you see it cheap or invest in some fine elbow grease
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simon the viking
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I seemed to remember posting a photo when it was purchased, I had a look and found this Fred.....
Mrs V has owned it for almost exactly 4 years not the 5 i thought and it seems from the comments I made it was £300 not £350... absolute bargain, in the 4 years she has owned it, it has been serviced just once before this week due to time restraints.... needed virtually every day and the bike looks almost identical to now! (the location doesn't the photo was taken in our old houses kitchen.)
Mrs V has owned it for almost exactly 4 years not the 5 i thought and it seems from the comments I made it was £300 not £350... absolute bargain, in the 4 years she has owned it, it has been serviced just once before this week due to time restraints.... needed virtually every day and the bike looks almost identical to now! (the location doesn't the photo was taken in our old houses kitchen.)
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uphillstruggler
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- Location
- Half way there
Buy quality and it'll serve you well
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
Agree to all of the above , my original boardman is what going on 8 years old now and i still think of it as too nice for winter commuting which is why im still using my rat bike .
I know where you take your bikes and he does a good job and if like me ATM your time pressed (im currently doing 12 hour shifts ) then its sometimes pays to get it done although generally that sort of work i tackle myself .
I know where you take your bikes and he does a good job and if like me ATM your time pressed (im currently doing 12 hour shifts ) then its sometimes pays to get it done although generally that sort of work i tackle myself .
12boy
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- Casper WY USA
For 20 years I lived 3.5 miles from work but still rode up to 20 round trip.. BTW a coat of clear shellac will keep the bar tape easy tomclean so it stays yellow. Good for your wife...seems that she got her bike dialed in perfectly in the 4 years.
