Super Style - Fixed gear Dutchie bicycle

Got the frame (57cm ctt) for £49 from a chap in Holloway. Slapped two wheels on it. Put a very comfortable gel saddle from my parts box on a seatpost bought online. I got the seatpost diameter wrong so I wrapped the seatpost in thin metal sheet and secured it so it does not slip.
The wheelbase is so wide i had to use one chain plus few links from other chain.
Bought that cat hanging on the saddle from wilko. when you press it, its eyes turn red and it says "I love you" twice.
This bike will be turned into an everyday shopper. It's a fun bike.

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cheers Kian. they are great, arent they, nice upright position? have u had one before? i am on the look out for a discarded baskets in small supermarkets' backyards. i've seen them before, very good small plastic baskets used for transporting food.

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that's amazing, I could have never told you had raised two children cause there is not a single grey hair on your head.

good advice about basket material, it's better if it is metal.

Closed off a hole on downtube with duct tape. it was used for housing a dynamo cable.
Decorated right fork arm with stickers cut out of chrome duct tape.
kinoko sticker on downtube. they give two free stickers when u buy something from them.

I've got one of those weird black baskets that go from the handle bars. You can haz if you want?

Nice whip, looks perfect for shopping (apart from said lack of basket)

I would love to have your basket, thank you. I could come down to Streatham this Saturday afternoon if you are free.

kl, give me a pm on sat should be around!

installed rear rack that came with the frame. the holes did not align because of the non-native wheel set-up so i had to use cable ties to hold the rack.

I am so getting one of those catz, will hide it under Mrs 853s pillow see if it goes off in the middle of the night :)

Loving the build, the rear rack really needs sorting if it's going to get proper use. The bolt holes could be enlarged to get bolts through/allow centering, drill out or file or dremel, or make a new adpater flat plate with correct bolt centered holes.
Must do mine as the rack i got free dosen't line up either.
Good work zauerbek.

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Didn't consider using the rack for backies :) just a bit of shopping, but yeah...... nice bit of marine ply to infill or sit on top, then maybe some of that camping mat dense foam stuck on for a bit of comfort.
Or old skateboard chopped down.
Keep finding shopping trolleys dumped in water course near me, no wire baskets yet....... one day... :)

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However large I make the holes on the frame's bridge the rack will not reach them so as you suggest will have to make a adapter flat plate like this:

fiy - the cat may not go off cause you really need to squeeze it around stomach with two fingers. plus the cat's got Devonian accent, female, around 39 age.

i did not notice you had drink problem but you did appear really calm. you have had far greater adventures than i will ever have on this bike.

Comfort riding on the rack.... You sure aren't Dutch. Real friends let you ride along on the rack only to hit every pothole they can find. It's the Dutch way. Have you considered proper boat-anchor fenders?

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attached a bronze, metal box with transformers decor. I keep a mini map in it, loose change and other bits. Really useful when you drink so much, fall asleep on a park bench, wake up and don't know where you are.

Used the breaklever holder to secure it.

Your stem bolt appears to be cracked at the 11 o'clock position........

Been thinking along same lines as have a larger tin that held 2x5cl whiskeys, but decided it might be a thief magnet, i was only going to leave a tube and lever in mine and maybe add some bottle bosses to bolt it too, or try and intergrate it with a rear rack and spray it black so it dosen't shout to smackhead thieving types that it might still contain booze.
Did look at an old PUCH touring bike in a shop at camden lock last weekend that had 2 alloy containers inside the rear rack, i did wonder if this was only a workable idea outside of London.

oh, whiskey, that's what i have for breakfast, what's your favourite brand? that thing is actually cracked, well spotted. it's a very good idea-keeping tubes and levers in there. i am gonna looke at those containers in camden later on.

Can't remember the shop name, but at the top on the left of the big stairs leading down into the stables market area, a vintage clothes shop that just happened to have several old bikes lining it's entry way.
First time i have been there, had a chinese for breakfast which is a new experince for me :-)

Glenmorangie gift tin, about twice as deep as a baccy tin and with a folding/attached lid, normally i just tape a tube to the frame somewhere but have also wedged and taped a box above the rear stays plate (the flat plate for rack and brake)
Choice is mostly down to whats on special in supermarkets, rocking a 1ltr Whyte&MacKay right now because it was the same price as a 70cl bottle, "if" work picks up again then some single malts from Jura, Scarpa etc etc will fill the cupboard, quite partial to JD Power from Ireland but that has got pricey and hard to get so slum it with Jamesons from time to time, Lockes from Ireland are nice as well, did a distillery tour years ago, Jameson and Guinness in Dublin then out to the midlands for Lockes..... happy days, came back with a lorry cab full of bottles stuffed under the seat, got held by special branch at the docks who didn't care about my whisky collection but did look for things that go bang.

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that story about smuggling is hilarious.

head badge makeover.

a sticker of a beer monster.