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So a while back, I built up this awesome Paconi touring frame with the plan it'd be my kid carrier bike. It worked great as that... with some issues. Firstly the frame fit me perfectly as a normal bike, except the top tube was too short to comfortably have a Yepp Mini mounted without my knees hitting, even with the max height on the stem. Secondly, the standover height was fine as a normal bike, but caused some issues when the Yepp was on there. I also started leaving my regular daily Space Horse commuter at my mother-in-laws for when I dropped our son off at her house and rode that to work (plus the commute is three times longer than from home so it's nice to have a geared bike with full guards for the ride). This left me with the Paconi with a MTB triple and wide bars to commute on a few times a week. It wasn't much fun. Anyway... I ended up rebuilding the Paconi as a 1x10 commuter with drops and full guards, which left me without a dedicated kid carrier bike.
In comes the Specialized Rockhopper.
I picked this up off of Gumtree for $25. It's in reasonably good condition, no dents, some scratches. The main thing is the top tube is longer than the Paconi (by about 3cm), and the standover height is lower.
Parts from the Paconi that will be reused are:
• SimWorks Get Around bar
• PDW Whiskey Grips
• Shimano Alivio 3x9 trigger shifters
• Tektro v brake levers
• Tektro v brakes
• Brooks Team Pro saddle
• Shimano Sora 9 speed rear derailleur and cassettes
• Shimano Alivio triple front derailleur
• Sugino triple crank
• Jet Black MTB flat pedals
• Muji basket
• Crane E-Ne bell
I also already have a 26" MTB wheel set from my Mongoose rat build.
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