Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Volunteers, one step forwards...

After thinking about who would be up for a challenge a good friend of mine named Steve Burden came to mind. Sure enough, when I suggested my idea he was immediately interested in the thought of an adventure camping and cycling the west country and we started discussing ideas.

It didnt take too long to run smack bang into our first hurdle. Steve did not own a bike! An even bigger hurdle than this was that he hadnt ridden a bike in perhaps 10 years and even then it had not been on busy main roads.

We needed to urgently get hold of a serviceable bike for Steve and get him riding it to familiarise himself with it. We also needed to blow the cobwebs off Steve's cycling skills and build up his confidence around other traffic. So, where to get a bike without spending large amounts of cash?

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