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@pdlouche
Took my flatmate to buy a bike on Saturday last weekend. Two years in London (before moving to this flat) and never cycled here. But she's used her dad's tandem back in Oz. How cool.
She bought a nice red one, had a spin around the park on the step-thru with sweep back bars, and I took her on a practice run along the roads by Burgess Park and Camberwell Rd. She was a bit nervous, said maybe she gets some more practice before cycling the commute from SE17 to Oxford Circus for work.
By Tuesday 6:30am I hear the crashing of a bike leaving the flat "quietly". It's now Thursday and she's already started bitching about other road users. Win.
Problem is the freezer-drawer-basket from Steptoe&Sons is perfect for the bike, but her cupcake holder doesn't fit in it. So many problems.