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@Dirty_Harry
My brother has just got back from cycling 370K through the italian alps. Except he hasn't really cycled much before, and did it on a whim. He borrowed his friend's late father's bike to do this, and apparently it was 'old and steel' and rusty in places, and someone at bike shop laughed at him when he told them what he was doing on the bike. The 3 lowest gears didn't engage, and they didn't bother to repair it.
Anyway, he did it. With a 13kg bag on his back. And it turns out it was an old Bianchi he borrowed. The back brake was really weird apparently, and hard to adjust. Turns out they were deltas.
I'm going to try and rescue this bike.