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@wildstrawberries
Currently building up two different bikes, one for myself and one for a mate, both cheap beaters.
First off, I picked up an old French track frame off here the other week. Planning to build it up with cheap black and silver bits. Seems to have a 22.0 steerer tube with a 22.2 technomic stuck in it, so I guess I'll keep that in there. Aim for the build is just something I can knock about on without having to worry about locking up my nice bike.
Secondly, got an old 48cm Eddie Merckx frame and a plan for a build thats definitely gonna raise some questions. Aim is to build it as cheaply as possible, so nothing's gonna match at all. Wheels are a spare set of blue deep v's I had lying around, cranks are bright orange ones for a tenner off ebay, bars, grips and saddle are flouro pink for extra yolo points, and whatever else is coming straight out of the spares box. Expecting it to go straight to anti when it's done. I'll feel like I've achieved something when it does.