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In an exciting turn of events I've been given basically free reign and around £500 to build up a stellar all-purpose commuting bike for my housemate's girlfriend. Stipulations being she's moving to Edinburgh, is of average height and likes to wear skirts, so gears, reasonably lightweight and a healthy amount of standover room were the main points.
Given that the good steel is usually of the horizontal top tube variety, rather than mixtes or sloping, I thought an on-trend mid 90's MTB conversion might be ideal. Dirt cheap lightweight alu frame, lots of braze-ons, 1x9 gearing, 650x38c conversion, swept back bars, etc
So I did a mock-up in BikeCAD and I reckon we're in business.
Now I just need to find, well, everything. Missed out on a nice black 17" Orange O2 on the 'bay, but have a line on a 16" Orance C16 on retrobike.
Will build up some wheels myself (suggestions for suitable 650B rims and tyres?) and I haven't yet decided on rapidfire vs thumbies. Irritatingly I just sold the 9sp XT shifter and mech I had.
This is very much a blank sheet build, input appreciated!