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Intro
PINK-E is my daily. Its a bike that is constantly iterating so watch this space. I’ll try and get you all up to speed over a week or so, then I will continue update this as and when interesting changes happen.
Background
A little context; when I was 20ish and living at home in Dundee the prospect of moving to London became real. My dad - who knows London a bit - thought it would be fun to build me a bike. He bought me a frameset, it is pink, I thought "cool dad whatever", end of.
Flash forward 6 years and I’ve lived in London for 4 years. Always too far away from work to cycle I told myself. This summer I decided to change that and there was only one bike for the job.
A little about Pinky
Pinky is a Sirius frameset in a garish pink colour. The shade of pink that is neither cool or uncool. Its 531 tubing on the frame and fork (thanks dad) and was apparently a serious (pun intended) bike of its day which I think is the 80s. Anyone who knows anything more about these I’d be really interested to know; PM me.
It came with handlebars and stem (long gone), Ultegra cranks, a rolls saddle, headset (a nice one), brakes (missing various parts), and wheels.