I've been using my A-bike a lot to get to work and back over the last few weeks since the price of petrol has gone stupid.
I'm lucky that I live near to the tram line in Manchester - but wasn't lucky today when I got off the tram and noticed the rear tyre had gone flat while I'd been reading the paper.
Tonight it must have taken me an hour to get the rear wheel bolts undone. Well, the right-handed bolt was easy but the other was a complete *******. The inner tube turns out to be irreparable, so two questions really:
(1) what do people use to lock the rear wheel while undoing the bolts? I noticed the small holes in the rear wheel itself but their diameter is so small that pretty much anything you put in bends when you exert enough force to loosen the bolt!
(2) I noticed that the A-Bike.co.uk web site is "down for maintenance". How long has it been like that and where am I supposed to get a new inner tube?!! I'm not looking forward to phoning local bike shops in the morning and asking for a 6" inner tube