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PhilDAS
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Living outside of London this year but will be moving back in late 2019/early 2020.
I spent eight years commuting on a fixed Pompino that was awesome. I was scouring the internet for another Pompino when I found a bargain Genesis Day One 853 frame. I've always loved these frames – whilst I’ve never ridden one they always struck me as the perfect fixed commuter base to build on.
This is going to be a slow burn as I'll not use it until we're back in London. Planning a Surly Ultra New wheel build with Compass tyres and full mudgards, omniums, Deda finishing kit (cheap and reliable) and a Surly 24 pack front rack. Nothing too fancy as it will take a beating, but sturdy stuff to last a while.
I'll run cable discs (as I don't think you can get hydraulic drop bar levers without gear paddles(??)). Perhaps SRAM S900 levers, but I haven't run cable discs before so I'm not sure what caliper they would work well with (if any). Will need to do some reading on that/have it spoon fed to me by the hive mind.
There are a few bikes ‘on here’ that I really like and will hopefully get the Genesis in the same sort of shape. @BareNecessities Surly is totally rad, and there’s a ti commuter that’s great but I can’t remeber who owns it.