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seb1977
@pizzarat
Currently building up a slightly battered kona dew I picked up cheap on ebay for my partner to use as her daily. The moser in the background is her other bike which she loves to ride but often feels a bit precarious on wet, lumpy roads. Some of the parts included have been carried over into the new build, others were very battered up and went straight in the bin - the rest came from what we had lying about.
The main objective was to jazz up the battleship greyness of the frame itself to make it seem appealing to ride even on the rainyest of days as well as feeling like a super solid commuter. The frame is covered in scratches, some of which polished out with some car valet scratch repair stuff. If it gets a lot of use as it is the plan is to get a new funky fresh paint job.
Some grainy progress photos below. Cable outers are cut to length, still got inners and proper setting up to do.
I'm thinking it would be nice to finish it off with one of these or similar ....although I've already had grumbles about the weight of it compared to the moser.
Proper photos to follow soon.