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    BEST OF BREED?

    Aug 12, 2018 2 minutes
    WORDS AND PHOTOS: OLLY CRICK

    Originally this was a project bike for another magazine back in 2005. On loan from a dealer while I sorted everything out, I fell in love with it and bought it. The £3500 I paid at the time taught me that I should have negotiated the asking price before the alterations and upgrades were carried out.

    I still have it and four

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