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@Ziggy.
I'm revisiting this project after a couple of months of use. I recently completed building a 1x10 speed Steve Goff shopping bike (swept back bars, basket, the lot.) for my partner and was hit by a car shortly before completing this, so decided I need something more practical/functional to get around on than a Dolan Pre Cursa, especially when I'm riding with said partner.
Following the crash, I have received a payout for damage to the Dolan (written off) and also injury compensation, part of which I want to spend on making this into a bad ass dad swag mobile, and the other part I'd like to save/take the lady away for a few days with.
I'll follow up shortly with some updated images of the Klein, since the previous photos its had a porteur rack fitted, sti shifters, a dropper seatpost and a flight saddle.
So far I've had a very enriching and insightful conversation regarding fork options to swap out the beefy surly troll fork I currently have on this thread:
and I'm currently considering buying a Toseek full carbon 26" fork to replace it. Only thing stopping me is a seemingly synical conversation I had with someone at p&l cycles telling me the Klein is already practical, a fork won't make a difference and that I should just do nothing to it.
Please help me and advise on what I should do. Do I sell it and start a new build from scratch? Or do I use what I've got to build my ideal dad swag gravel commuter?