we deal only in steal

Riding home yesterday there was a nasty crack and my left crank shaft snapped at the pin. My BSA is older than I am, so I understand these things happen, but for a moment my head dropped as I remembered the terrible service and unprovoked 'old bikes aren't cool, they're just old' lecture I had to endure at my local bike shop on my last visit.
























Old girl on the rack

Luckily, a conversation with Rob Sargent at his shop in Finsbury Park popped into my head and this morning I was welcomed in and the part was easily replaced. Sargent & Co is a treasure for anyone who cares about classic bicycles and I was very pleased to give them my custom.















The bicycle was once considered man's greatest invention. It is so perfectly designed that its shape has been little changed since 1890.















Cassius the cat oversees operations, and the tomatoes