At the weekend, my very first MTB, a Diamondback Ascentex, was fettled into uni-commuting duties for mini.
New tyres (Marathons, de rigeur for the PSO who also doesn't want to faff with punctures), some new cables, a bit of gear tuning, a bracket for a D-lock, a ham-fisted only partly successful attempt at wheel-truing and bingo, a working bike that doesn't look too attractive to any ne'er-do-wells.