Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

I have some but these are an earlier stage with different forks and wheels.
Sam build the bike so he could save money on the Eurostar

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That is Sam's own photos ^

Here is some I took:

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Thanks. Ah so that's what the bolts at the seat stay cluster are.

Yes. The idea is that it is folding in two to save money on bike tickets

Bugger me the Rohloff tax on those things is high! I know it's niche low production etc, but given the way all the indexing is in the hub you'd have thought there would be cheaper solutions/bodges available by now...

Ha yeah, German tech et cetera.

I guess that box at the back is the common denominator.

Point taken. I still love this bike and want one.
I think yours looks better with the flat crown.
Bikes like this are great. And I have paid that stupid £60 Eurostar bike fee almost enough times to make a custom travel bike worth it.

That's such a rad bike man and I bet it's loads of fun but you know what @Chak and @platypus are talking about. The choice of a Sakae Beam stem (?) in the pic @spotter posted seamed kinda odd, if it is that one, as they're kinda flexy.

Knowing Sam I bet he just found it cute/unusual/fun + had it laying around. Refreshingly stupid choice of stem imo ;)

It is nuts.
He used Bear through axle dropouts for frame couplers which I like a lot. And it seems be working out.

Damn clever

not a huge fan of the stem side on, but this is very clean! More here

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Is it not a Paul Boxcar?

Not sure but I don't think so, check post #23374. It's not the same stem as in the other pics

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Worth clicking through for the seatpost situation. Very clean

Also, that stem.

Need to work out better mudguard mounting but this is fun

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Love that. I always just use spacers and a long bolt to get around the caliper.

Yeah I should try that. I dont really trust weight in the basket as it is.

Anyone got any spare stays kicking about for cheaps?

Love that

How much weight are you planning on carrying in the basket? A baby grand! Your basket is attached to the bars somehow?

Not loads, groceries and the occasional delivery. Yeah it has the normal wald bar attachment. I'm more worried about the mudguard stay acting as a rubber washer between the bolt and the basket stay

Nice ridgeback