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====== Bikes ======

=== Summer 2022 ===

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We finally admitted defeat with the plan to rebuild/refurbish our old Thorn Club Tours : |

Work Needed

  * brazing on new cable guides & stops
  * new brake and gear bosses
  * forks and steering stems were seized together
  * bottom brackets seized and housings looked swollen
  * bottle bosses rusted and a bolt sheered off inside at least one, needing removal and new bosses installing
  * possibly (serious?) internal corrosion after standing with tubes full of water

and pretty much __everything__ else needed replacing too :

  * front and rear derailleur gears
  * rear sprockets
  * chainwheels
  * brakes
  * wheels / hubs / freewheel
  * brake and gear levers
  * saddles
  * head bearings
  * bottom brackets
  * pedals 
  * etc. etc. etc... 

The only things that could have been re-used were handlebars and cranks. 
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It //was// a romantic idea to restore them to their former glory, but realistically it would have been unjustifiably expensive and time consuming... we just wanted to ride bikes again after several years away from them.

So we decided to invest in 2 new modern hybrid bikes instead. 

Two new Trek FX 2 Disc (//Equipped//) will replace the old Club Tours.

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--- //John Pumford-Green 13/06/22 09:35//

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