On the 12th May 2009, my Mom died following a short illness. During her life she had suffered with severe arthritis and had taken a series of medication that had the potential to reduce her life expectancy.
One of the side effects of the drugs was lung fibrosis, which is a horrible disease. After a short bout of the illness, the medics informed Mom that there was nothing further they could do and she took the brave decision to cease treatment.
Having in my youth wasted 18th and 21st birthday presents, I wanted to build a bike that I would be a keeper and more importantly a bike that I would ride a lot and remember this period for positive reasons (her strength, courage and positive outlook).
I started to look around and decided that I wanted to get a Lee Cooper (it was always going to be steel!), thinking that I would get one made. With money tight this was going to be a slow build. However, on this site on popped up, in great nick and a few days later the build started.
One of the side effects of the drugs was lung fibrosis, which is a horrible disease. After a short bout of the illness, the medics informed Mom that there was nothing further they could do and she took the brave decision to cease treatment.
Having in my youth wasted 18th and 21st birthday presents, I wanted to build a bike that I would be a keeper and more importantly a bike that I would ride a lot and remember this period for positive reasons (her strength, courage and positive outlook).
I started to look around and decided that I wanted to get a Lee Cooper (it was always going to be steel!), thinking that I would get one made. With money tight this was going to be a slow build. However, on this site on popped up, in great nick and a few days later the build started.