My Mum's bike:
She lurves it, but rarely uses it, so I was going to accompany her on a couple-of-miles' pootle around the lanes tomorrow to help get her confidence up.
After a quick inspection though, I've had to declare the first stop will be a LBS to get the back brakes functional again! She's also reporting 1st gear is 'slipping', but only in the vaguest of terms usually reserved for computer-related problems.
I'm totally new to these things and probably not able to be much less vague...
Here it is:
A Sturmey Archer 3 speed, 'K7' stamped on it below the logo banner thing.
So, is gear slippage likely to be related to tension on that cable, and does that mean with a bit of judicious fiddling we could fix it ourselves?
Also, can anyone recommend any good local bike shops in the New Forest / Southampton area?
