Monster, Monsteur, Monstour , 26/29+ and Expedition and Adventure bikes

Wow amazing!

Curious to see the other side - how near to hanging out of the dropout is the Rohloff plate?

WIP

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I love me a nineties Marin! I need one in my life - Nice randoneur bars too!

Nice!
Here’s mine...

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Gonna be great, bomb us with updates!

Next level that. I nearly bought a team ti on gumtree a few years back.

Nice! What's up with the front brake?

It’s an old ‘thorn mt Turo ‘ that I found in the metal recycling bin.... the brake sits behind the legs. It works well! The whole thing is a parts bin special and has cost around £60-£70.... including the frame purchase!

£60-£70.... including the frame purchase!<

Ridiculous

I know... frame from the dump, £20, 105 brifters from boot sale ( bloke splitting his cracked carbon bike), £10... seat pin a tenner, cables another £20ish, digest bars £20 second hand, and I had the rest... oh, tyres £16 from eBay!

Thorn doubleplate forks are hawt.

Picked this up a few weeks back. At Winston’s workshop right now sticking a disc tab on the back end. I know, I know, DBAD.

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Thinking of sticking some 80mm cruiser mudguards on there. 80mm!!

Winston is in the UK in December!? I am surprised .. is he busy?

They ride lovely... is that a Nomad?

Better pic of forks..

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Thinking of sticking some 80mm cruiser mudguards on there.

In combination with those tyres? Gotta pump those monsteur numbers up.

He definitely appeared to be there when I imagine I was there the itger day. Your comment would suggest his reason for hurrying the f up on this job - he wants a holiday.

Lovely guy.

It’s called a eXp. Schmancy conical tubes. Built by Kevin Sayles, now of Woodrup’s famous Woodrup.

I’m fucking having kittens over it.

Very lovely!
They have built some good stuff down the years.....proper touring rigs.

I know, right? 1.75 look like skinnies.

Oh hey, gravelbiek, meet 2007...

Hi @Skülly,

How is the Thorn? I've been thinking about getting one for a while for everyday use and some touring?

No news! Still assembling it, at the painters right now. Spending all my money on new parts. Probably gonna be a fuckup as, like @Dammit ‘s thread, I have no idea what I’m doing. I can report I’m going for 60mm muguards. And lots of ano bits. Basically a dog’s dinner.