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I’m on the south coast, Fareham. But was considering going to SBC cycles to get the frame set. It looks like they’re the closest dealer along with others in London.
I was considering a gearing for 32:16, the classic mountain bike ss gearing as a starting point, but could gear down from that. But I think I’ve been persuaded otherwise now.
In terms of the front wheel rim had assumed you just used the most hard core BMX rim you could find ?
There have been a couple of Bullitts come up on eBay in the last 6 month. The last one which looked like it was in need of some tlc went for £1600, you also had to go to Glasgow to get it.
I don’t need the bike until September ish so I think my budget will grow to a more realistic £2500
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2.5K is better!
Definitely arrange a test ride. London Green Cycles should have one in stock you'll be able to test ride behind their shops to give you a feel of what it would be like to ride.
If you're going to use it all year round (and why wouldn't you?) a canopy would be a long term investment. Understand you could make the box as many people do, but it will probably end up weighing more than the stock one and you still won't have a canopy for when the weathers bad. The Bakfiets canopy is a super-simple design that looks like it could easily fit onto a homemade box so would maybe worth looking at and is probably better value than a complete Bullitt system.
We leave the canopy on the Douze most of the time unless carrying something big/awkward as it protects our little man from UV rays and we can easily unzip all the windows so it's fully open to allow airflow and it has a integrated fly screen on front aperture too. Regardless of weather he goes in it and is always warm and dry, even at -5 degrees we had some mornings last winter and torrential rain is no issue, he like drawing faces on the inside of the windows! :)
Good luck hunting one down!
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We've (Velo Domestique) (in Bournemouth) just started dealing Bullitts and have experience with Omniums for a few years so happy to help you out. That being said it's pretty well known that Jamie at SBC is the man for Bullitts and if you can get up there easily it's well worth speaking to them.
We'll have a belt drive Alfine test bike in the next week, you're welcome to come down and take it for a spin
£2500 gives you all the options you could need really so I'd say it's worth waiting
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Have you considered ebay dans France?
At first sight they seem to have loads on their site. Obviously you'd have to brush up on your Franglaise to be successful but I was thinking over a weekend - cycle from Fareham > Portsmouth > ferry to French France > cycle to meet the vendor(s) > make a purchase, disassemble your bike stick it in your cargo bike and ferry back.
Quite an adventure.
thebrenthamtaffy
VeloSurMer
Constable_Savage
Where are you based?
Front wheel is just a 20" disc wheel which you can pick up pretty cheap, make sure it's double walled though for obvious reasons.
One thing to not miss out on through Larry vs Harry is the damper kit