my bike

I dropped in to Balmoral Bike Shop and had a chat to Bob. (Hehehe nice illiteration.) Lovely old chap, thinks my new Malvern Star is the dream bike and it doesn't need too much work. He pointed out that it's older than me, and I said, "Yep, they don't make 'em like they used to."

After a bit of assessment Steven and I decided not to do it up ourselves (much) as some of it requires tools that will only be useful for that bike, not our others, which seems like a waste of money when Bob's going to give it a good going over for $20.

I walked around the shop, they have a toddler-size roadie with drops up on the counter, a Selle Italia saddle on it and everything (I guess it's just decoration, like the old-school trike in the window) - they have awesome kids bikes, and they even have an adult cargo trike, but it's out of my price range at $599. I wonder if I could talk him down to $449...