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Tuesday 13 May 2008

My old push bike has started to look daggy parked outside the polished granite foyers of city offices. It rides well, but the frame is rusty and the back tyre is balding. Time for a makeover and spoke-polishing.

My old bike and this image are from the time before helmets were compulsory.

And, in the meantime, I have to have transport, don’t I…

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