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mattyc
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Thanks, the red tyres are deliberately challenging, and they were on sale, but I've played around with so many colours with this bike, it just encourages it. In other configurations in the past its had classic green walled Open Pave's, Yellow accented tyres on yellow Shamals, blue tyres on black Shamals and just plain gumwalls on normal rims. And I've got a few saddle options for playing around.
And a couple of jerseys for the full clown get up.
It's not like a show dog being dressed up every week, its actually had a hard life. I think I've done over 15,000 miles on it since I bought the frame and built it up in 2015, I've been doored by uninsured taxi drivers on it, left hooked by a van on the Aldwych, and its just back on the road after having a bent rear derailleur hanger, from an actual nodder on first day with clippy pedals falling into me while I was completely stationary waiting to join traffic at a T-junction. But like Steve Austin we can rebuild him, and it keeps on rolling. Considering I got the frame for £93 its's been one my best value cycling buys ever.