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The author didn’t go for the bicycle ride he had planned with his friend why?

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The author didn’t go for the bicycle ride he had planned with his friend why?

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The author and his friend had planned to go for a ride on the bicycle, but the two couldn’t make it. His friend dismantled all the parts of the bicycle one-by-one. He first took out the front wheel and then the ball bearing from it. The chain was his next victim before he finally moved on to the gear-case. It took his friend the entire day to fix these parts back into their place and then he finally left for his home.

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पाठ 9.1: A Bicycle in Good Repair - Extra Questions

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पाठ 9.1 A Bicycle in Good Repair
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