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The Kit

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My bike is a giant Escape Disc 2 bought in September 2020 from Banjo Cycles in Newbury under the Inland revenue cycle to work scheme. My previous bike was a giant Boulder Colorado which I found in a rubbish skip and renovated myself. I'd had it for about 16 years and was seriously thinking of making the trip to Algeria with it. So I took it in to Banjo's for a complete rebuild. Danny the mechanic in there showed me the new Escape and I am so glad he did. I had no idea how much even the simplest touring bikes( I think they call them Hybrids now) have progressed in the last 20 years. Not only was it lighter and more comfortable, but it appears to be stronger than the old bike. It would have cost me more to rebuild the old bike so I bought the new one instead. I've been belting around on and off road fully loaded for the last two years and it feels to me like it will be up to the job. There are a couple of things I've changed, I put butterfly handlebars on, not cos the ori