Well, from the moment he swings his leg over it and rolls off down a country lane, it becomes part of him, alive in the hands of the people who built it, tight, responsive, balanced, the rhythm of its spinning pedals akin to pure happiness, the loveliest thing he has ever owned.
There was some frustration over Scott Rendell's on-off move from Peterborough, but Rolls says he received a good reaction from the club's shareholders at the recent AGM.