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The current, Current Project. My Twenty that's been creeping along for the last - shit just checked and it's been - 9 months. so a quick update.
It started out as a pretty good restoration job my wife had done a few years ago but hadn't been using.
The first thing was to put new tyres on after the bead and carcass had a disagreement on the way to work one morning. I also changed the seatpost to a cheap eBay extra long post so I could change the saddle for something sportier than the Brooks B52 the was on there previously.
Maxxis Torch looked to be the most supple 451 tyres I could find at a reasonable price.
A chopped down steel flat bar, stem, bars and levers from my parts box and the front rack I bought for the tandem got me to here.
I stripped off all the shifting bits for the SA three speed and ran about singlespeed for a while before I rebuilt my Kepler. Which brings us pretty much up to date(ish). Now I've stripped (and hopefully sold) the Kepler again so I need something for commuting that has mudguards.