The only time I have successfully bargained for anything it was bikes! I went to buy bikes for 2 little girls – aged 4 and 6 – in a foreign city and parked in the multi-storey car park nearest the bike shop. In the shop the kids chose their bikes and the...
My friend had his new bike painted in the colours of an old Halifax bus, green, cream and orange Mamit
I was 14 I’d saved up £25 (1970!) to buy my first proper bike, a 5th hand Carlton, dropped handlebars & Simplex gears. I joined the Long Eaton Paragon Cycling Club and started doing time trails training with Carole Barton who raced against Beryl Burton....
