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I’ve made some updates to my day one, originally I bought it because I’d moved to the top of a big hill and thought the nexus hub gear would provide a good balance between gear range and low maintenance. Well the nexus was pretty shite especially with the microshite bar end shifter. I persevered for a while with a rapid fire but ended up sacking it off and turning it SS. Used it over a winter and on wet days then train rules changed and I got a Brompton. Been getting lazy and getting the train almost all the way home instead of riding the 6-7 miles and 500-600ft gain uphill home as Brompton is awful to ride up hill. Realised I was getting fatter and slower again so decided to start making cycle reservations on the train turn the day one into the ultimate commuter.
It’s now the day one x ten. Combination of bits I had laying around and other cheapish bits. First voyage home today was great in spite of headwind all the way. So nice to be back on a “proper” bike.
Tl;DR put gears on ss that used to have different gears
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