I spent this Canada Day morning taking apart, cleaning up and reassembling a "rescued" bicycle that was left out for taking by a neighbour. It is a vintage single-speed bike with a coaster brake (the type you pedal backward to activate) and manufactured by Raleigh at its Nottinghamshire factory, but rebranded as an Eaton's of Canada Glider. (Eaton's is a now-defunct department store chain that was legendary for its annual mail order catalogue). The bike has already been "urbanized" by its previous owner (i.e. spraypainted black to make it less attractive to thieves) and has some minor rust, but it runs perfectly and, suprisingly, is perfectly adjusted to my height. The only thing is that it's a ladies' frame, but in this day and age of weird bike geometries, who's going to notice right?

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