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Lovely. What's that stem?

Thanks
Cinelli 1R

Cool, never seen this one before.

That’s forum member approved x2 now so I’m hopeful.

I stuck a normal length stem and some risers on it and did some loops of my living room/kitchen and it felt pretty good. Will keep it 26 for the moment and try a shorter a2c fork to make it a bit more road friendly.

That’s forum member approved x2 now so I’m hopeful.

I stuck a normal length stem and some risers on it and did some loops of my living room/kitchen and it felt pretty good. Will keep it 26 for the moment and try a shorter a2c fork to make it a bit more road friendly.

Sounds great - I'll dig out some photos of mine for inspiration 👌

Yes, please do!

Crap phone photo, all done. Been for a ride up and down the road on it, feels good.

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Been for a ride up and down the road on it

Balance bike? ;)

Looks good man. Crazy lug design.

How's this generation 105?

Had some ratty dmr pedals from the workshop I put on boss... r7000 is excellent.

Odd option but look at Tokyo Bike Bisou. All 26" wheels, mixtes and built for shorter riders.

https://www.tokyobike.co.uk/tokyobike-bisou.html

Not insanely expensive either. Depends on the riding she wants to do longer term, but it would be an improvement over gas pipe and not as £££ as custom painted Soma.

Nice Rockhopper. Any plans, already looks great as is?

Cheers, excellent suggestion. Have asked them if they'd be willing to sell just a frameset...

That's lovely

Genesis Brixton? Heavily discounted IIRC.

Those Tokyo bikes are really poor quality though. Frame is ok but all the components are dead within 2 years

Genesis Brixton

700c and standard frame - the request was for 26" and Mixte and small

I can't speak for the component quality. Just throwing out ideas for consideration given the request.

My other half is 5'4" and we have gone through this a few times. Surly do a few 650b wheeled smaller frames (Straggler and maybe one more) as do one or two other bike makers.

Yeah, I have a full set of much better quality components already. I've asked them if they'd sell a frameset on its own but they don't seem keen.

Temple Cycles sell a framset, though it is for 700c and the small size isn't all that small..

(I have a similar problem with finding a frameset for my other half - she's 5'2")
I'm leaning towards getting her a Marin Nicasio and putting 650b wheels on it.

Fresh from a service feels good as new

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470 seat tube, 524 top tube and swept back bars, definitely built for a smaller rider...

Probably worth adding here then

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/171639/

Good man, will do in a bit!

What's going on with your fd cable routing? looks interesting