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Went to the bicycle museum and managed to come home with this!!
factory pilot:
Had an amazing day yesterday.
As part of my birthday surprises Jo told me I was off to the Bicycle Museum in Warrington.
We'd seen this place on Drew Pritchard's Salvage Hunters and I've always wanted to take a squint.
I didn't expect to see anything BMX related but from the TV it looked like it would be a cool place to visit anyway.
Anyway we rocked up to see a group of Roadies leaving who told us that the place was ace.
With in a few minutes we had the great honour to meet the owner of the museum Paul Adams.
The man was a legend! A true gent and a scholar and a lovable English eccentric with a passion for all things bike related.
We were lucky enough to be taken on a personal tour....
We got on like a house on fire and Paul asked if we'd like to see his storage rooms that weren't open to the public ....
The man himself... What a legend!
This was a completely plastic bike made by Volvo in the 1970s
Paul told us that he'd got this from the Raleigh factory in Nottingham when it closed down. They'd apparently been experimenting with a new laser cutter.
To cut a long story Spen we got on so well I ended up with the privilege of being able to buy this from one of his store rooms. I couldn't believe it! I think he was so impressed with my reaction when I saw it....
I was absolutely stunned ... I completely love it!
So if you are reading this Paul thank you so much again. I feel very honoured sir!
To complete the day I saw this shelf trim out the corner of my eye and Paul said he had a couple of these so I could have that too to go with my sign!
One amazing day all round and all totally unexpected!
oldschoolace:
I remember seeing that episode and the plastic frame on there. Thought to myself, gotta be worth a day out :daumenhoch:
Glad to see bmx made it into his museum :)
deeman:
Looks sweet Ant. a great piece ! :daumenhoch:
dancetothedrummersbeat:
explosion That's amazing Ant. I can't believe you managed to get that sign. And it works!! Top stuff indeed :4_17_5:
oldscool:
Great story :4_17_5:
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