Originally Posted by
Old Fat Guy
I inferred from one of his replies, that her riding more than one may be the source of the problems. A ball bearing is kinder than a loose stem.
And kinder than fitting one of those pretty French ATAX "death stems". And on the first note, I had this conversation once:
GF:"Why do you have so many bikes?"
ME:"Well, all of them have their own qualities, occasions, characters, levels of maintenance - they're all unique and ride so much different, I can't make a choice to settle on just one."
GF:"I guess you're the same with girls then!"
I had to bite my lip on that one