Some people might remember my Raleigh Banana story from last year:
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The other day someone had the brass face to try and claim it back and I quote:
"Trawling through your massive site, and I came across the story of the Raleigh Banana that you
restored, and found it quite interesting as it was the exact same model bike I had for 8 years
before I ran into the side of someone's car and bending the forks back. After a few months of it
being stuck in the shed, I had to come to terms with the fact that the forks were irrepairable and
the frame was creased from the force of the impact.
Shedding a tear, the bike went into a skip. :o(
After reading your page, it made me think about whether it ended up on a landfill somewhere, or if
someone fished it out, and made it rideable.
I know the chances are as remote as you can get, but I have to know if it was the same bike. My bike
had splatters of a pinky-orange paint under the frame after riding through a spillage. Shortly
afterwards, my bke was stolen, but I saw someone on it, and told the police who went to get it back.
Even though they'd tried to spray over the paint splashes, there was enough to identify it as mine,
and I got my bike back. <yay>
Could you confirm if there were any traces of paint splattered under the frame? and if so, (and I
don't mean to appear freaky in any way) would you be interested in selling it?
Regards"
It had no paint on the base of the frame and since some mug paid 80 quid for one on e-bay, I
wouldn't want to rip the guy off by selling it to him, so I've still got it..
Simon Mason Kingston upon Hull