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Anyone know of anywhere (shops) or anyone in Brisbane that could be talked into loaning/renting me a road bike for 10 weeks?
I had all my gear packed up with my bike in it's box and when I got to the airport Quantas tried to charge me £700 to put it on the plane! All in all it weighed 35kg (not bad for 10 weeks worth of stuff, a bike, tools all in a my huge bikeboxalan) and they wanted to charge in the order of £50/kg to put it on the flight. The worst of it was that it was a BA plane with BA staff all the way here and if I'd only booked my seat through them it would have been £40... Anyway, I had to do some hasty repacking and left my bike and box at the airport with my friend to take home and now I'm here with no bike, I'm off running and feel a desperate need to train. Would also like to be in reasonable shape for the Etap Cymru when I get back.
Sob story over, but I want/need a bike... any suggestions?