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Thought I'd have a proper look at this bike I was gifted before shelling out for the local bike shop to make it roadworthy while telling me it's a heap of junk.
Back wheel's totally shagged - broken and bent spokes all over the place. So it'd need a new wheel as well as tubes and tyres, maybe a chain, the cogs on the back set don't look that great either.
I might be better off just giving Halford's a few nicker for a heap of junk that I can actually ride right now

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Depends on the quality of the 2ndhand bike. A new back wheel with mech and chain will probably set you back less than 50 quid, and if the bike's decent that is totally worth it. (Rog got a new block on the back wheel of his spare bike, with fitting, for 18 quid last week. Wheel would be ~20, and the block and fitting would probably be less if you get them at the same time as the wheel.) 2nd hand bikes much less nickable, too.

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I'm pretty sure it's fairly rub, frankly. I can get a no-less-rub new bike from Halford's for 75 quid

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You'd still be better going 2ndhand IMO. You can get a really decent 2ndhand bike for 75 quid - go to a proper bike shop where they sell proper reconditioned ones and you'll be laughing. You could take the old bike in and see if they'd partx it too.

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What's the bike you've got?

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Lanutti Mamba
Go on, try to Google it - 2 hits, neither illuminating.

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You appear to have discovered a new species of bike.

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Try it with 2 Ns...
A Lannutti was auctioned by Wilsons in 2005 - not a Mamba though.
And this: http://archive.thisistrafford.co.uk/1998/3/12/13679.html

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After reading that I think Halfords may well be the answer. Either that or a local indy bike shop second hand bargain.

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Recycling is better than buying a new cheap cycle; it depends how desperate you are to ride it immediately.

Have you tried using your unicycle instead?

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I suspect even closer examination will show that all the cables etc need replacing as well. Recycling's great, but if it costs more than replacing with something possibly better?

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Ah! Well! That settles it.

The unicycle it is! Have you got a rucksack-type carrier for Jack?

I can see YB, in a cycle helmet, strapped to the back of OB, also in a cycle helmet, both atop a unicycle, OB juggling because he hasn't anything else to do with his hands.

That mental immage has left me in an insane fit of giggles!

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You owe me a keyboard, G. That's a wonderful picture you've painted there :))

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http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/10749/groupID/8/categoryID/64/v/dd8dca2c-71c2-41c1-80a6-e6064ff2df4a

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I've ridden on a pair of those, (or rather an earlier incarnation). I kid you not, they're worth an extra 2 mph. which is a LOT.

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Ruddy 'eck, *how* much? Just as well you've got the unicycle in that case, innit. Imagine if you had to buy two of them!

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