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@Tea_Bee
Look, you're all completely missing the point with the gumtree/respray girl and whether or not we get her a new bike.
Robofoxx... A couple of questions.
If anyone on the forum wants to take the heavy old steel bike that's rusting in my garden cos I never get around to doing it up and can spend a day bashing it apart, replacing some bearings, re-oil it, replace the brake cables and blocks, then present it to the bereft young lady, you're more than welcome.
I think she's learned her gumtree lesson now. For me, the bike is becoming an eyesore. I'd much rather see a naive girl riding that bike than me have it's slow death by rust on my conscience. And if she's not-of-this-country, I'm assuming her stay here is somehow time-bounded and that she won't want to invest too heavily in a new ride if she's departing our shores in the not too distant, so this might be perfect. If you want, make a deal with her that she gives it back when she leaves - then we'll see how fucking honest she REALLY is!
So if someone would like to take the excuse to be a knight in shining armour for a bikeless maiden, and possibly ask her out for a couple of drinks by way of a thank you to see if the two of you might get on, you know, in that way, then it could be a beautiful thing all round. Alternatively, she might think you're a turd, take the bike and fuck off, but I feel you have to think positive with the things... ;-)
So, any takers for the role of white knight? (Assuming she's not too small for the bike and she doesn't mind a man's frame or a rusty old bag of bolts to ride).