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@canta_fordacar
Given all the negative stuff in life that's happening right now. I thought i'd share a positive story.
Whilst out in Warrington with a group of friends i got talking to some mutual acquaintances in an Indian restaurant after a few scoops. I was lamenting the theft of my Boardman daily (RIP) bike that had my favourite Brooks saddle of twenty years service attached, probably being punted around Sheffield now as a lance Armstrong special drug delivery mule. :-((.
A lovely Warrington lady said she had an old bike in her cellar i could have as a new smoker. I wasn't expecting much but it turned out to be a 1990's Dawes Ultra Galaxy with Titanium Brooks saddle and nice patina ( matt black rattle can). Blew the tyres up and it rides like a dream and best of all it doesn't attract attention. Its made my Christmas, i was heartbroken over the last bike as i had worked my way up through lots of wrecks to finally have a half decent commute. Genuinely this Dawes rides and changes gear better than my stolen one.