She is big and blue and Dutch and resembles nothing so much as a large armchair - which is fine, because my rubbish lungs preclude me cycling particularly fast anyway - and hence (to my surprise, because I do not normally go in for this sort of thing) she has been promptly christened Mary Chesterfield. I expect I'll forget the name almost straight away, but in the meantime, there we go. She is gorgeous! I am very excited.
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Date: 2011-02-24 02:11 pm (UTC)Pictures? And you mean you've found a modern bike which actually has a saddle which is comfortable instead of trying to cut the rider in half?
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Date: 2011-02-24 05:11 pm (UTC)I didn't pay quite that much!
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Date: 2011-02-24 05:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-24 06:12 pm (UTC)(Is that how much bikes cost these days? I think my first one was all of a couple of quid. Mind you, that was 40-odd years ago...)
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Date: 2011-02-25 07:39 am (UTC)Bobbin Bicycles in Islington are the only place I know that has a range of upright bicycles in stock, in all sizes; I took
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Date: 2011-02-25 01:05 pm (UTC)