A new store has opened in the village. It's not the biggest, it's not the smallest. But it has a shiny new free bike repair station, as shown left.
As you can see, it's so new and unused that the handle of the stirrup pump still has the wrapping around it...
What else? Well, there are tyre levers, a set of Allen keys, a variety of spanners, and more, plus even a basic service stand, enabling you to life the bike up off the ground onto those two black brackets shown. It's probably not something or somewhere you'd want to do anything too serious on, but if you broke down and needed something, somewhere, well, this is brilliant... isn't it?
I hope so, obviously. But if you were cycling in the area and had a mechanical, how would you know this facility is close by? I note from the sign on the wall here that this is namechecking Sustrans and the National Cycle Network ... so maybe they have an app or a map that shows all such repair stations...?
...and maybe they do, but I'll be damned if I can find where? Anyone?
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