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no-name vee-brakes
Seems just right for some bargain Maguras? If the hose is long enough
https://www.cnc-bike.de/product_info.php?cPath=321_32_131&products_id=17815
https://www.cnc-bike.de/product_info.php?cPath=321_32_131&products_id=17557You have the weirdest/raddest collection of bike projects on here!
frankenbike
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Been thinking about a cargo bike for some time now, to do local chores on and for a bit of family fun in the summer. I'd lined up a couple of basic steel mountain bikes which I was going to convert with a Bullit style underslung front frame and 20" front but, realistically, I don't think I would have had time to do it. Still kept thinking about how much easier it would be to run the wet washing up to the launderette on a cargo bike. Cue my toddler needing to go into a local nursery a couple of days a week and the easiest way to get him there is by bike partway on my commute to work. I could have just done a bike seat but my
tragicrad dadbike issues are currently either a GT Edge Aero in funny shape pipes, aluminium mountain bike (apparently a no-no) or track bike - none of which are ideal for bike seats.So this popped up on my side of London. Long Harry in aluminium, hardly used, and I drove way too far to get it and paid way over the odds. The frame itself is pretty good, but the current running gear spec is rubbish. It has no-name V brakes on microscooter size straight bars and a modern Sturmey Archer which isn't connected to anything. I'm going to switch it to 1x9 SRAM X0, rear wheel, risers and DX brakes off my mountain bike. Stick a tanwall tyre up front. Child seat can go on for family fun and local chores. I might also build a box for it. Load capacity is around 100kg which is way plenty.
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