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Woman, 82, still rides same bike she was given at 13

Many of her peers have turned to e-bikes, but not Jo Goosens, who cherishes her 1950s black Gazelle

Jo Goosens still uses the 1950s black Gazelle her parents gave her to cycle from her home in Liessel to secondary school in Deurne every day. Unsurprisingly, Mrs Goosens can’t recall how much her reliable ride cost but she does remember the shop where it was bought. “‘How am I supposed to get home now?’,” Mrs Goosens said she asked the woman she suspected of pinching her bicycle.

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