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That's sick!

need some lime green fork decals though I think! and acetoned stem

Yeah stem needs to be blacked out, as the forks need to i think?

All done. Have only rode it round the block, will report back and get better pictures the weekend..

I'm happy with it!!

Really nice. For gravel/cross and road?

yeah taking acetone home from the lab today. going to leave the forks for now, but probably get some custom fox 32 decals done in that fluo green to match the frame :-)

Yeah for gravel/road! I just wanted a road bike that was more capable than the caad10 was, also wanted 32c+ tyres and disks!

I'm using the same fork for my ti frame with slightly different colour scheme. Looks good on your build!

Yeah the forks are actually quite nice! Room for 45 easy I think.

Anyone with a promo code for Superstarcomponents.

Check their facebook page, can usually count on 25%, and if not now then soon

Nice!

Do you maybe have a chance to pop in a 650b wheel to see what's the clearance like or if not could you measure the chainstays?

Raaaaaad! Reminds me of Mrs Otter's Croix de Fer.

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Strong page!

So this is my one and only bike, and has been for a while- I sold everything else to fund the boat restoration, and live with almost no money, so I can spend more time working on Annelis, so only the absolutely necessary work is done. Entirely is purely functional. I stripped the paint when I bought the frame, as it was hideous, and never got round to repainting it. It's only ver cosmetic surface rust, on a gas-pipe frame, so I'm not worried about it rusting through. This is my only transportation. It does countless thousands of miles every year, and is mostly neglected, but I've done a bit of work recently...

This is when it was built, from the parts bin:

It's constantly changing, morphing, but this was how it was looking at the start of the summer.

Someone left an old rear rack in the scrap metal pile under the boat, so I modified it to fit the front of my bike...

...and made a wooden platform, with recycled innertubes as straps. Useful for running to the shops and carrying lighter stuff, but have also fitted a modified rear rack and panniers for heavier loads.

This was the drivetrain at the start of summer:
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So splashed out on new bits

delaminated the rear tyre and replaced it with a schwalbe marathon supreme, which I got for a tenner from the LBS.

and the all-important bell sticker, stolen from a pub hand-dryer

Snapped the frame recently at the top of the seatstays. they were open socket brazed, and were always a bit flimsy. Was carrying quite a lot of weight on the beefed-up rear rack, which probably did it. Have welded and reinforced it now, will take an up-to-date photo soon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3UaG_mXpk

... bike

Didn't you have a thread of that boat project here some time ago or was that somebody else?
edit: found it

best thread on here too

Top dollar

You are basically MacGyver

I agree, time for some updates though! @Sam_Doman

Really happy with this. Light enough, very Stiff for something that's meant to be a cross/gravel bike but then I'm using it as an all road so I'm happy!

Needs new saddle and steer chopped but overall I'm happy!

Just put some Delta Cruisers, basket and guards on LadyLiz's pug skidder. Only taken 6years to get round to sorting mudguards :/
Rear needs adjustment still before anyone points out the ugly clearance.
Have also just levelled the basket..

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