Originally Posted by
Metzinger
I've bought from a nearby shoe repair guy who sells bikes he buys from seniors' homes.
Hheh, here in Toronto there is an old guy in my neighbourhood named Sylvester who sells bikes that he buys from his older friends who cannot ride anymore, maybe we should get the two of them together!
I've found on past trips to Europe that a lot of people speak English so, when I get to Belgium, I will start emailling around and see what happens. That purple Merckx I posted above really looks great, how crazy would it be for me to cycle from Belgium up into Amsterdam on that?