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Danny Macaskill was at the velodrome doing the Drop n Roll thing on Sunday and whiloe watching that I realised I probably had almost enough parts left over from these builds to put together a trials frame that'd been sitting in my garage for ages and so,
There's no chain on it here as I didn't think I had a ring and freewheel that'd work together and also I thought that being able to coast in both directions might be fun. It is but building up speed just by pumping is hard work and I found a ring that'll work with the 17t WI freehweel I almost sold (but luckily didn't) last week.
I just need to find a decent tensioner now, I have robbed a cheapo one off my gfs bike but it is very cheap and nasty and there's so much slop in the pivot that the jockey wheel doesn't line up with the chain very well. Might make one out of a rear derailleur.
Oh, there's also no brakes on it in that image and it'll be staying like that. Since I've tried to sell the frame in the past and had no luck getting even a tenner for it I might go all 2006 and kill a puppy by hacksawing the brake mounts and cable guides off.