frankenbike's frankenbikes

Surprised at the lack of enthusiasm for frame modification...

Anyway, updates.

1. New bars and probably other stuff on Marin. Old ones were creaky which gave me the heebie jeebies. These are great. It also has a Metro Porteur front rack on (not pictured) which is doing an excellent job.
   
   

1. Bought a dynamo drum brake wheel for £20 - bargain! I think I'm going to rebuild this onto a 26" rim and put it on the Marin, which will become my Full Blown Functional with lights and stuff. Unfortunately this will mean losing the Maguras 😢 unless I go through the major faff of redoing the hose and switching it onto the rear.
   
   

1. Bought this other bike. It's 27" or whatever the old standard is so the brakes need to be really long drop. To get around the issue I'm going use a single speed coaster hub on the rear. Still not sure about the front, new fork is actually cheaper than long drop brakes so might go for that. Coaster hub will be built onto the 700c rim off that dynamo wheel. This one will be Absolutely Not Functional and just designed for skidding around on the way to the pub or wherever when I don't need full racks and dynamo and so on. Maybe cantis on the front as I have some sitting around.
   
   

Not got any further with welding as the person that I was told about who does DIY frame modding has disappeared. Will continue to investigate though.