12 horses

Count 'em.

Somewhere between the Prime Minister not showing up today* and me heading home Tim (pictured here) discovered that Mario's 'Bronco' bike was an almost perfect geometry for Tim's embryonic free-bike project. We all had to have a bit of a ride to check and confirm that it had the sort of relaxed steering and upright position that you'd expect from a townie, and that you'd expect from a bike supplied for you to ride around town for free, or at worst, very cheaply.

*Helen Clark was meant to visit today, for ten minutes, to see our prototyping facility, but was ill (although none of us has seen a note from her parents yet). The local MP's were then going to come without her, but by the time I left for home no-one had showed...

Well at least we had a really good clean of the place and I finally had a shave.