Headline: new bike time :)

Pam's brother gave her a beater bike for christmas. A nice sweet steel ~1990 trek 720. And so I've had to find myself something that I am willing to not worry about leaving outside the shops too :).

The result? A blue ~1985 Graecross 'Courier' 10 speed built with hi-tensile steel. As delivered, 14.5Kg, with kickstand, mini-fenders, and importantly, semi-horizontal dropouts (in case you're a normal human being - that means I can make it into a single speed without needing a chain tensioner).

No idea how much weight I can shead, but I think the first real upgrade will be some modern brakes courtesy of ebay, and bar tape to replace the grungy foam grip.

It got me home from the station already - and faster than the train to Hornsby - yes, it was running ~20 minutes late.

First night home, and I've removed about a kilo of stuff from it already - the kickstand alone weighed about 600g - yup, thats right, I'm going all weight weenie, on a bike who's frame weighs more than my other road bike :).

Fotos soonish....