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Couple updates,
Grabbed a couple of Specialized FSR sharkfins off retrobike and have used one to put a disc on the back of the 1x1. Just chucked my old bb7 on there just now but it's working great, outshining the hydraulic Hope 4 pot up front actually...
Only modification I had to make was to chop the existing (and never used) rack/guard eyelet off and attach a new one a few mm further along the dropout hood. Could have gone a smidge further back as it's a squeeze to get the sharkfin in but I think it's better being tighter actually. Bit of black rattlecan and you can't even tell I did anything.
Bigger news though is that courtesy of @socialamnesia I know own this,
Saw the For Sale post at just the right time as I'd just had a chunk of money land in my paypal from doing some more headset caps for the NLTCBMBC (cheers @roboto).
I'm going to go full canti (#fullcanti #cantilover) so might replace the aforementioned Hope 4pot on the front of the 1x1 with the bb7 that came with the Humu.
Bars are bargainous scrambler bars off ebay, paint is pretty awful so I'm gonna either strip them or rattle can them black. They weigh the same as about 2 ½ moons and are ridonkulously wide, 850mm, so I might have to fashion a quick access chainsaw holder just so I can ride my local trails.
I've made a headtube badge for it (actually made 2 so now to decide which one goes on the Humu and which one goes on the 1x1...
I was thinking about laser cutting and engraving a wooden board for inbetween the 2 top tubes (and brazing on some mounting points) but not sure if this would ruin the klunker aesthetic?