Cycologist?

There was, recently, a huge cycling event in South Africa. The daughter of a friend was in it but failed to finish within a certain time limit and is gutted

The daughter – I’ll call her Miss Hunnybee – trained for the 95 km ride and is the right age for peak cycling fitness [...]

Cannondale – gone like a shot!

It was hung-up for all to see……an ‘elderly’ but good Cannondale frame. All cleaned and polished……the first (literally) that saw it did indeed buy, with the forks too….
Having an early browse did indeed pay-off for our bike-tinkering customer who will re-build and use the frame himself.

Pulp? and a little fiction?

Oh, some things do make you think!
A few years ago I read a book by a lady called Ayn Rand. The book is called Atlas Shrugged.
Amongst other ‘world-shattering’ occurences in the book, (such as; a world ‘banking-crash’!) Ayn puts into it a character called Richard Halley. Richard is a composer of the finest ‘orchestral’ music [...]

Done Up…

Several bikes have been ‘done-up’ and sold within last week or so. BMX bikes are usually sold before I’ve sorted ‘em! So you have to be quick to be in with a chance.
There are two kiddie bikes in – one boys, one girls, both for say 4/5 year olds – we could fit stabilizers to [...]

Scrap? Cannondale?

A busy-ish Saturday on the bikes. In came a much maligned old Cannondale that required far too much for present owner to contend with so I bought the relic off him. (He has new bike)
It’s an ally hardtail frame with a worn-out crank-set, odd (weird) wheels and a splined nine on the back but with [...]

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