New commuter rat; total spend is somewhere around the £30 mark (canti's, chain and cables), f&f and racks from the bin at work and everything else I had lying around - handling is horrible and made worse when I have my bag on the front but it's nice in big, heavy, mellow kinda way. I may swap out the frame for something with a few less pieces of steel stock welded to it if I can find something suitable that won't increase the build cost or look any more desirable.
^that's how they look; that little travel doesn't need the whole length of the fork leg!
New commuter rat; total spend is somewhere around the £30 mark (canti's, chain and cables), f&f and racks from the bin at work and everything else I had lying around - handling is horrible and made worse when I have my bag on the front but it's nice in big, heavy, mellow kinda way. I may swap out the frame for something with a few less pieces of steel stock welded to it if I can find something suitable that won't increase the build cost or look any more desirable.
^that's how they look; that little travel doesn't need the whole length of the fork leg!