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  • Mystery Bike No. 1

    Rideable, with caveats. I picked this up today... for £20! Thanks to some passing neds who felt like kicking something it had a totally busted rear wheel and the big ring was buggered. Removed that ring and swapped in a spare rear wheel and it's rideable. However, the chain, cassette, chainring are all pretty dodgy, and as is the case with all hybrids, the front suspension has died, presumably within 20 minutes of it leaving the shop, resulting in 2kg of worthless extra weight. Mainly I bought it for the brakes and bits of the drivetrain (it's SRAM 10-speed, like all my other stuff).

    I don't know what will happen to the frame. I might donate it to a friend to build up a commuter - it's really quite decent with clearance for like 29"×2", rack eyelets, disk brakes, etc. - could build up to something Arkose-like although the geo will be strange. It needs a new fork but it shouldn't be too hard to find something that fits. My only concern is that it might have been damaged somehow in the Great Kicking - thorough checkover needed.

    Cranks to Marin (probably)
    Brakes to Marin
    Rear derailleur to Marin
    Tyres and tubes stored away somewhere
    Might use the rear hub to build a 650b wheel
    Stem, front derailleur and shifter will be saved as options for Mystery Bike No. 2.

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