Re: Woohoo!

Rob Morley wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:41 +0100
notmyaddress.1.ekulnamsob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ekul Namsob) wrote:

Rob Morley <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You're going to let her use it without checking it over first?
Call me mad if you wish, but I think I can trust the school not to
want to mame its students.

Call me mad if you wish, but I thought teachers were trained in
educational and academic matters, not bicycle mechanicing.

It's obviously too late now, but I'm with Rob on this. I would expect most schools to trust the bike's supplier. If it was a chain store that sells other things (naming no names) this is likely to be unwise.

A trainee last week had a brand new bike with loose handlebars. It was not possible to tighten them, as the inside bit (the quill?) was damaged and would not slide. Had the bike been ridden like that, if the wheel had hit a stone or a kerb, the bars would have come off in the rider's hand. They came off in mine while I was testing them. Other problems are common.

Colin McKenzie


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