To follow up on Toby's post, allow me to introduce the best bike in this trio. More importantly, I will be mocking Andy's bike.
Born as a mountain bike but used extensively for commuting, touring and off-roading duties, this Trek (not be confused with Andy's Trek) is an all round bad boy. It has been up the highest roads in the world, down some lovely Welsh trails and through Bristol's worst (admittedly tame) ghettos.
Andy's Trek on the other hand is old, frail and unloved.
For the 2013 season, my Trek will be fitted with rigid forks and mechanical disc brakes to reduce weight and increase reliability. Everything else, I reckon, already does the job it needs to do in the Andes.
After some lessons learnt in the Atlas mountains, Andy's bike will now feature an all metal pannier rack (no string or duct tape to be seen here!) and pannier bags manufactured in this very century. There is even talk of replacing the quality suspension forks and Oman's finest bicycle tyres that this bike is currently adorning. Of course, a well known phrase acknowledging the difficulties in polishing a turd could be applicable here.
That being said, as a consistent recipient of Sod's Law's worst, I would put my money on Andy's comically unsuitable bike coming out of this trip unscathed and mine and Toby's being utterly destroyed.
P.S. Andy, you are welcome to attack this somewhat unfair appraisal of your bike!
Born as a mountain bike but used extensively for commuting, touring and off-roading duties, this Trek (not be confused with Andy's Trek) is an all round bad boy. It has been up the highest roads in the world, down some lovely Welsh trails and through Bristol's worst (admittedly tame) ghettos.
Andy's Trek on the other hand is old, frail and unloved.
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| The Trek wearing its full touring kit |
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| The Other Trek in a typical state of disrepair |
After some lessons learnt in the Atlas mountains, Andy's bike will now feature an all metal pannier rack (no string or duct tape to be seen here!) and pannier bags manufactured in this very century. There is even talk of replacing the quality suspension forks and Oman's finest bicycle tyres that this bike is currently adorning. Of course, a well known phrase acknowledging the difficulties in polishing a turd could be applicable here.
That being said, as a consistent recipient of Sod's Law's worst, I would put my money on Andy's comically unsuitable bike coming out of this trip unscathed and mine and Toby's being utterly destroyed.
P.S. Andy, you are welcome to attack this somewhat unfair appraisal of your bike!
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