The Jogger
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It's a classy bike...........
Aww, should have popped into the tea thread for some sympathyHad a bit of a collision with a car! Claim against her insurance under way, but it needs a new frame, forks, and handlebars. I wasn't badly injured, luckily - the poor bike took the brunt.
I finally decided to go to Bridgewater in Somerset to SJS Cycles, to look at the Thorn Audax Mk3. They only had the one small frame in stock, specced for someone else who didn't take it, in the 'guest' colour (British racing green) I would have wanted anyway, and they were happy to change the bar-end shifters for STIs and the honey-coloured saddle for a black one, so I bought it. I think it's rather beautiful.
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I rather like the bottle cages, and was slightly miffed when one of the bits of elastic broke. The trick is to find a bottle just the right size - from memory our aluminium bottles work better than the rather fatter plastic ones.Thanks mmmmartin, I knew you would approve! Funnily enough on an inaugural ride today the bottle cages were the only thing that I didn't like! I like to take a drink on the move, and they're too tight to be safe - are you meant to take the elastic thing off?