The great day arrives....I have the new bike that's needed to do 1,000+ miles in 10 days. A Giant Defy 3, aluminium frame, 27 gears etc .etc. Bright yellow, black and white. It comes with rubbish (or as Sir Geoffrey would say, "roobbish" pedals, which I'll swap for Shimano MTB pedals presently.
The supplier was Mike Vaughan Cycles of Kenilworth, which I've frequented since I was in short trousers. In that simpler age known as 'Mikes Bikes' or even 'Michaels Bikeles'. There are bike cheaper shops, without doubt, but everyone there knows his onions and rides/has ridden.
A poignant touch was that Brian Shaw, who sold me the Giant, also sold Graham Lees his last bike.
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