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@monkeymanshorn
so i get back to london to visit my mum/friends from NZ. I have a Specialized rockhopper still in the garage which i want to sell but my mum insists on keeping for bike rides with her partner. she's about to go out in the morning so i ask her where she s going and she says 'oh i'm taking your bike in again, the tire's gone flat'. turns out she took my bike to the bike shop beacuse it had a flat tire and charged her £17! so this particular morning two days after getting it back it went flat again so she was about to take it back in! aahhhhh!
so two things you re probably thinking... why the fuck can't she put a new tube in herself?! especially for someone who rides to work everyday it's pretty ridiculous. ricockulous. well i plan to teach her in a firm manner.
the other thing: 17 quid! what a bunch of cunts they are in Even's cycles in Kingston upon thames. you'd think for such an extortionate sum of money they might have even bothered to check the rim and tire for glass.
anyway i went in today and demanded a free tube and let my displeasure be known.
sorry, just had to vent spleen...