My old house - http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&...=1&ct=title 4 Miles in each direction to the nearest shop. If you want a new bike that much you'd walk/ride what you've got the distance to get the money to pay for it. I used to walk 4 miles every afternoon, to the local "handy stores" in Medstead. I'd stack shelves from 4 till 9 to earn myself £20 a day. I saved up for a YEAR to buy my Pashley, I thaught £600 baught the whole bike. How do you think I felt when I got the Train to Warwick to the Pashley factory with my mum to go buy the new bike i'd saved for a year to buy. How do you think I felt when found out when it was just a frame and forks ? So I worked for another year to build it up. Theres no excuse, If you want something you've got to work for it. Edit - HAHA, I sound like such an old man And I made a few errors lol