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I've had a shed full of parts for my new Straggler for a few weeks now waiting to be built up. Spare time has been somewhat lacking since I've only recently become a father, so it remained just a pile of parts. I finally had a few hours to get it done last night, pretty happy with the result:
Its a mix of new, NOS, and existing spare parts I already had. The plan is to put a front low rider + panniers on it to free up space for a child seat. The Carradice will do for practical purposes and commuting until my daughter is old enough to go in the seat for the moment. I still need to ditch the stickers on the rims and the warning stickers on the frame, when the wife is back with her hair drier! I also need to fully trim the steerer once the position is sorted.
The front PDW guard is right at the limit of its extension, hence the poor fit. I don't want to cut the stays to fit it on the mid fork eyelets as it will sort itself out when the low rider rack is fitted.