GT Timberland - for my girlfriend.

lovely build

Thanks Dan

Good job!

I also saw this bike in lmnh. Looked great

Some flat bars, although less 'town style' would effectively bring the riding position further forward and potentially make standing up less difficult?

Nicely done :).

Looks lovely, good work.

The seatpost you're using has a setback clamp so a 'layback' one won't help unless you find an old school BMX one.
However to get a bit of extra reach you could look at a similar set of bars that curve a few inches more to the front but are very similar, Raleigh do some for about £10 if I remember.

Good luck.

Furious - thanks! I was thinking about an old BMX post. they're all 22.2 (as far as i can tell). I could get my dad to machine a shim for me. so that is a last resort.

I'm going to ride up to TFG on it tomorrow to look at other bar/stem options.
Also if anyone has a lady saddle they don't want that would go further back on the rails than the one that is currently on there, let me know!

Thanks for the complements everyone.

I was toying with the idea of doing something similar with one of my old Kona's but for me. however the GT frame really lends itself to this build. plus I reserve "his and hers" stuff strictly to tracksuits.

I'd say you'd need to find some narrower bars, cause the ones on there are motherfucking wide. Head over to Velorution, and take advantage of their closing down sale, buy some narrower town bars, jobsagood'un...

I think Krisz at Cycle Lab and Juice Bar (near Old St) has a pair of the bars I was talking about or at least he did.

I'd say you'd need to find some narrower bars, cause the ones on there are motherfucking wide. Head over to Velorution, and take advantage of their closing down sale, buy some narrower town bars, jobsagood'un...

I thought they'd closed already?

nah open till beginning of may I think..

You're quite right. For some reason I thought they were closing 5th April

brilliant build

Haaa, strong dredge.