When a motor vehicle, however many wheels it has, is described as 'well travelled', it often means the poor thing has been abused and is just this side of scrap. We know the way this works, the first owner uses the bike and looks after it, the second owner maybe does the same, the third one maybe less so, but still the lad or lass is on the way up, then the fourth, fifth and sixth owners come along - by now the bike is becoming cheaper - and at the level of owner who thinks he'll have a go at this 'crosser lark.
This owner has a hammer, some old pliers and works in the greenhouse belonging to his grandad; the bike dies, a mate in the pub says…
