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Moda Issimo looks interesting. Does it have eyelets on the frame or just on the forks? What's the tyre clearance like?
Nice stable btw.
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Cheers!
The Moda is nicer up close - the paint finish is a really subtle kinda metallic pearl black which looks much better in the flesh - has 25c GP Classics on the just now, might get away with 28s but probably not any bigger, doesn't have eyelets on the frame - I reckon they stuck a random fork from elsewhere in the range on these - the alloy steerer & mudguard eyelets (when the frame doesn't have any) on a high end steel frame don't quite match up - they had the same fork on the Intimo 953 version too... (fun fact - if you search google images for Moda Intimo, you'll see a load of Italian models in their scants...)
That old Charge was my first foray into the dark world of singlespeed bikes but a wise man told me to pick the lowest gear you can get away with, not the highest & it got me though 1500 miles of winter commuting before I decided to semi-retire it and hang a 2 year old off the back of it.
The Ridley frame almost ended up as a lightweight ss after the weird enjoyment of the ss Charge - both sides of the dropouts bolt on/off & are fairly simple in design, was tempted to have a horizontal set machined & stick some spare road wheels on it, but it's gone to a bloke with a spare Super Record groupset & Tune / deep carbon wheels so that's maybe for the best, was a nice frame...
mcJ78
4 Here too - just sold a Cannondale Beast of the East (the newish one) & a Ridley Damocles (that i'm regretting already) - 4 does seem to be a good number, purely as I can't fit any more in the cupboard under the stairs...
Moda Issimo 931
Genesis Volare 853
Charge Filter re-done in RAL 6034 as I had it built up for winter commuting duties - now has flat bars, hydro brakes & the mudguards have rattled themselves to death and been chucked in a hedge in a tantrum my 2 year old would be proud of (don't worry, was my hedge)
And a Genesis Equilibrium disc 631 that I haven't built up yet - will be 5800 / Aksiums / Thomson finishing kit pretty much though
The old Charge Filter ss will take reasonably big tyres so has become the off-road / child taxi option - I might even stick a 9 speed setup on the back at some point - have spare wheels for it too (130mm disc... eh?) so a simple swap if I want different tyres.
And the Ridley I just sold that i'm not sure I should have
