Thursday, August 18, 2005

Chaplain Clive and the $25 Racer

This is Chaplain Clive posing, Lance Armstrong-style, with his new $25 racer outside Second Cup at Queen's Quay. The frame was scrounged with new handlebars and stem, bearings etc bought carefully at discounted prices. After much fettling the bike is ready for a few thousand miles yet and the owner is feeling twenty-one again - some of the time.
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