Rags to Riches - show us before and after pics of the trashed bike you completely rebuilt!

@jdmitch flip and reverse this shit!

After going through a phase looking more like this: I still have all these parts so it might change back again when I get bored.

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From a £30 F&F to a decent winter /2nd bike 8.6kg

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That muddy fox is so awesome

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Applaud all three

Ah yeah, that is excellent work

Double.

My first foray into geared road bikes many years ago. Frame is long gone now.

How I bought it.

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How it was built up.

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Final build before I sold it. I miss the frame, don’t miss 7 speed downtube friction shifting.

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Cross post from CP: pinarello pos turned into a weird eroica-esque drop bar frankenbike.

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Suppose this should kinda go here? Seatpost was actually down the bottom when I got it but I couldn't physically ride it that low ha -

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https://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/muddyfox69/Muddy%20Fox%20Monarch%20Sport/A6586275-771D-4480-AF42-3F2D9B943930_zpsjbuj0znz.jpg

Muddy Fox

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Abandoned Univega Neuvo Sport
Looked fine at first glance but it needed new wheels, the quill was cracked, plus a bunch of other small things. Thankfully I had everything laying around. It's now a 2x8 friction with Nitto bars and quill, new-ish 700c wheels withe some plush 28mm tires and fenders off an old Phillips. Nice mix of ratty and functional.
Total spent: around $25

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Chain length in that original photo is wild.

Nigel Dean touring frame repurposed as a light trail bike

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Nice

frameset I found abandoned:

One parts bin build later

Currently being ridden by a friend. Tis nice to get old things rolling again :)

Had a lovely Max frame that got slightly dinged in a crash. Sent it back to Lee Cooper for new forks, new top tube and mudguard eyelets.

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Built it up like this after the repair/respray and rode it for 6 years before selling it.

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Oh I remember seeing this, really nice

🥲those poor forks

I've tried to buy this a couple of times.

I'm not sure where it is any more but it cracked at the top of the seat tube last time it appeared