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zigbit
Mystery Bike No. 2
This is a Christmas/birthday present for my girlfriend :)
I am hoping that eventually - maybe summer - we can go touring together (to France or somewhere). But it may end up being a commuter, depending on what happens when she gets a job, so I'm wary of making it too nice. It would be really upsetting if it was stolen.
It will be getting 650bs and 1×10 SRAM which will hopefully make for a nice newbie-friendly setup. I think you can't go wrong with a CdF for a first proper bike. For now it's going to have to get these crappy MTB wheels until I get a chance to build up some decent ones for her - I have rims and front hub, just need to collect together £50 for the rear one. I also wanted to do a respray but I think I might wait until after Christmas so that we can do that together - it seems a waste to pick the colours for her when she could have exactly what she wants instead. But in the back of my mind I'm thinking a blue to pink fade. Coincidentally @zigbit has already done almost exactly what I was thinking: