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@karolk
I'm most of the way through building a fast but practical town bike that will also go touring with camping gear. A badly designed mudguard (maybe badly fitted too) sent me over the handlebars of my last bike and wrote off the forks giving me an excuse to change the whole frameset.
I've been wanting a front porteur rack for carrying stuff around town easily without having to take a pannier everywhere and I figured it'd be useful for a tent too. So I went looking for a nice steel frame with decent rack eyelets and fork rake for handling weight on the front. Ended up with a 90's Dawes Galaxy off ebay. Bingo. I'm replacing all the components with the parts from my last bike, including a silly double handlebar setup which I genuinely believe is practical..
Thought I'd make a page out of this since I've enjoyed looking at other current projects and the double handlebar malarkey has had quite a lot of interest over the last few months. Also it'll be good for my own memory to document all the details.
[photos 1. when i picked up the galaxy 2. stripped frame 3. handlebars]
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