I have had a bike for a much longer period than a car, there has always been a bike available even though I may have lost several cars. I used to have my Dad's Claude Butler racing bike when I was a kid, which was very light weight. The longest serving was my Dawes 'Fat Chance' mountain bike which has lasted 20 years! After the car crash it became even more major form of transport. Poor old 20 year old bike is falling apart badly and I had to keep taking dead bits off to keep it going. At one point I had no breaks and 1 gear.

Should be getting a new one soon.

I cycle to work and use it to get into the city, also take lots of bike rides, cheapest form of entertainment!

My new bike on order Giant Roam XR3, has taken 8 months to get! Using cyclescheme through work delayed things and then there was no stock anywhere. I briefly flirted with the idea of a Claude Butler but decided Giant was a more quality product and should last me a very long time, it may well be the last bike I have. The XR3 is a hybrid bike a sort of cross between road bike and mountain bike with 28" thinner off road wheels. The main thing was the suspension forks as the Dawes used to sting badly off road with the forces coming through the handlebars, even on the roads it used to wear me out with the constant banging through my arms.

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