Mrs M has a commuter bike she bought 10 years ago, she used it for a year before it got consigned to the shed. We’re having a bit of a clear out and it’s going on FacebookBay later.
So I gave it a wash, cleaned the chain and fitted a new inner tube, other than that it was good to go. No forks seals to worry about, no pressfit BB to seize. No Hydraulic brakes to bleed or bin as they’d corroded into a solid pile of fur. Nice and simple. If my wrists could cope with it I’d be converting the Curtis to rigid forks(though I draw the line at canti brakes).
Old bicycles, nice and simple.
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Old bicycles, nice and simple.
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Re: Old bicycles, nice and simple.
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"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
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Re: Old bicycles, nice and simple.
Yay! Brown seat! 
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