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    Aug 23, 2019 4 minutes
    BY MICHAEL HANSLIP

    FOR SOME PEOPLE THEIR BIKE IS merely a tool that allows them to go riding. But for others the bicycle is a personal expression of self. As a lifetime cycling tragic I clearly fall into the latter camp – every bike for me is an important life decision. When I had a brief chat with the Editor (Nat) he quickly suggested that fellow bike-loving readers might enjoy a story about my journey through bikes since I arrived in Australia, leading to my latest purchase.

    AN EVEN-NUMBERED HISTORY

    I arrived in Canberra in 1992 knowing that a new bike was on the cards. Yet I wasn’t prepared for how expensive bikes were compared to the rest of the world. The Trek brand

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