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Mr R@t \(2.30 zulu-india\)
Guest
After a long absence from this group (almost 4 years) due to former
employers restrictive IT policies (they blocked Usenet access along with
lots of other stuff) I'm back again...
Used to live in Reading but relocated to Ipswich - am now a finance manager
for a local business. Currently riding a Raleigh Pioneer Metro LX hybrid
which is actually classed as a "company vehicle" - (all our sites are within
5 miles of each other) - will be bringing my Dawes Horizon over from Reading
in time for summer but it needs some servicing done..
Traffic seems a bit calmer than Reading as well! Many of the motorists wait
at side roads and don't rev their engines/hoot; complete strangers say hello
to you in the street - having always lived in Reading or London I'm not used
to this!
Anyway I'm interested to know if there are many other cyclists from Ipswich
on here - I remember Wafflycat was in Norfolk (but I won't be wearing
b*bshorts so needn't fear paving slabs) - and any comments on the best
LBS's....
I got my Raleigh from Moons Cycles on Old Norwich Road incidentally, not
only is it just down the road from my flat but the owner is roughly the same
height as me (1.63m) - when I spoke to him on the phone he seemed to know
about the potential problems in fitting bikes to blokes who are "short but
not *that* short..." (we are "between" a lot of frame sizes it seems)
Alex.
employers restrictive IT policies (they blocked Usenet access along with
lots of other stuff) I'm back again...
Used to live in Reading but relocated to Ipswich - am now a finance manager
for a local business. Currently riding a Raleigh Pioneer Metro LX hybrid
which is actually classed as a "company vehicle" - (all our sites are within
5 miles of each other) - will be bringing my Dawes Horizon over from Reading
in time for summer but it needs some servicing done..
Traffic seems a bit calmer than Reading as well! Many of the motorists wait
at side roads and don't rev their engines/hoot; complete strangers say hello
to you in the street - having always lived in Reading or London I'm not used
to this!
Anyway I'm interested to know if there are many other cyclists from Ipswich
on here - I remember Wafflycat was in Norfolk (but I won't be wearing
b*bshorts so needn't fear paving slabs) - and any comments on the best
LBS's....
I got my Raleigh from Moons Cycles on Old Norwich Road incidentally, not
only is it just down the road from my flat but the owner is roughly the same
height as me (1.63m) - when I spoke to him on the phone he seemed to know
about the potential problems in fitting bikes to blokes who are "short but
not *that* short..." (we are "between" a lot of frame sizes it seems)
Alex.