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Old July 22nd 05, 02:02 PM
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Default Dreadful bikes, awful bikes, triage and maintenance

Simon Brooke wrote:

Having done this I'm getting a better understanding both of why people
buy dreadful bikes, and why you see half-decent bikes in the skips at
the council dump.


Yep; my LBS quite often get people who've spent 20 quid on
a bike from a car boot or the (very) local auction,
and ask him for a quote to "just make it rideable".

When the quote is 40 quid or better (which is often is,
for the reasons you outline) they are shocked (or worse...)

Even a half decent looking clunker is likely to requi
* chain
* brake blocks
* bracke cables
* tyres + tubes
* wheels straightening

which adds up frigteningly.

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