2007-08-25 Bike

A rather dubiously named bike, Free Spirit indeed. It is not the most fancy thing in the world but is in pretty good condition bar the missing tube on the front wheel. It also required an air impact wrench to get the back wheel off, interesting stuff. We threw on the nice wheels from that trashed Mongoose a while ago and it is ready to deploy into the custody of some distant family member's horrible offspring.

2007-08-19 Quick Fix

Some time ago we found a stainless steel rubbish bin, in the rubbish of all places, it probably showed up on this page. Or if not, should have been. The pedal never really worked due to overall cheapness of the mechanism and we just lift the lid all the time. A while ago we picked up a heavy aluminium pan for the scrap value and after we had chiselled the rivets off to toss the handles, the second handle had a use suggested for it. Pic shows it in action.

2007-08-18 Raleigh Bicycle

Raleigh LTD-3 bicycle in blue. This a is a classic made in Nottingham English bike in good condition. It has basically never been ridden, still the original tyres with a little dry rot but perfectly ridable. Chrome is all pretty good apart from on the optional extras, the speedo and kickstand fitted are crappo quality but functional. The chainguard is slightly kinky also, somebody may have hoofed it at some point. Brooks saddle (cheap version) also fitted. Rear luggage rack very useful.

2007-08-18 Offspring Entertainment

Not sure what the name of this is beyond offspring entertainment centre, it has duplo stuff on top and beads on wires and pinball-like things. It seems to function correctly, i.e. it entertains the offspring, hence it will be deployed in such a role. It is in much better shape and much more multi-functional than the previous beads on wires thing, hence that will be tossed.

Also with it was a small bag for of duplo, shown here draining after a wash. The colander we had already.

2007-08-18 Cuisinart Coffee Maker

This coffee maker is the same as the one we have in our lab so the carafe is handy to have for a spare. As suspected the coffee maker itself does not work, bad heating element, so that will be tossed and the carafe stored in the lab for that fateful day when we break the other one.

2007-08-18 Books

Some books, Coetzee, Le Carre and other stuff of varying quality. Saves a trip to the library.

2007-08-12 Giant Update

Well, this update is not actually very big as its title might imply, it is actually regarding the aforementioned Giant bike. Specifically it seemed in a pretty sorry state but is now a pretty fine bike. It still looks a little shonky in places but that is good for the theft repellent quality. It is a good solid ride.