Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

What about cutting the stays, flattening the ends, and drilling a hole through them?

Bit brutal..... I thought I was a bodger ;)

Gave this a wash yesterday (after a year of neglect) and some new Conti tyres. Now in covid - functional mode. Needs front rack really to balance it but still managed to carry a fortnights worth of supplies for the fam.

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A pair of big back panniers is hard to beat atm!

Figured I’d see that here, exactly right.

I think 29" would suit it better, but thats just imo

I like the extra space afforded by the existing wheel size, 650B?

I like this, bit of a sleeper, looks like a random old bike but look closer and it looks dialled. Perfect town/lockup bike.

700c yeah? What frame?

Amazing how convenient and easy rack and panniers are for utility purpose.

Would likely fill it out more nicely but maybe prohibit guards. Lovely bike either way.

Finally finished putting this back together, after initially only planning to get dyno hub + lights it turned into a chore of swapping cockpit out and getting front rack to try and alleviate chronic neck pain that drops + using backpack weren't helping with.

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Finally finished putting this back together, after initially only planning to get dyno hub + lights it turned into a chore of swapping cockpit out and getting front rack to try and alleviate chronic neck pain that drops + using backpack weren't helping with.

That's extremely tidy. Well done!

thats such a beauty

This thread has been excellent recently

Excellent town bike @ginllfixit!

would love a sleeper thread.

Good analysis of this build.

What are the two little clamps on the dt for?

DMR bolt-on bottle cage mounts :)

That's so sick

Cheers dude - old Marin Stinson hybrid (1990s) 700c - deore/ryde sputik from SJS. I did a build thread on it last year - its been flawless for kid hauling, shopping and commuting - strapped 4 fence posts to it once and I was thinking about bike packing on it this yr too...

Fuck. Yes.

Is that a p2 fork? Bike is bees knees

Edit: no it's not (to many mounts)

somehow all the different colour bits of ano and the seat just work, unbelievably good

10/10