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The test ride
On the lap round the block before any money changes hands: the shop's shortest loan, and what a few hundred metres actually prove.
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the culture of the hired bike and the loaned wheel
Cards on this rail
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The tag-along
On the tag-along hitch, the child seat and the trailer: the hire extras that turned a borrowed bicycle into a family's holiday.
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The loaner
On the battered courtesy bicycle leaning by the workshop door: the shop's unlisted service, and what a spare wheel said about the trade.
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The hire rates board
On the hand-painted board of hire rates by the door: the day and the week, the deposit, the extras, and the shop's quiet act of lending.