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@Ph1ll1p
Hi all,
A while ago, maybe even a decent while, I picked up a well loved 54cm Spa Audax off here for a few pounds. Was it a good deal? I have no idea, it was less than a quarter the rrp and heck, its 725. How many of you can see that little label and not look a second time. Or a third time. Or just straight up buy it, which I did.
Now, it had 2 major problems, and a few minor problems. Lets start with the major problems:
Minor problems:
-I dont need another bike, I have a perfectily serviceable steamroller that I dont ride because its an arse to get out of the shed.
-No matter how I think about it, its still a 54cm
-Its got a carbon fork. I dont really like carbon forks
-Its caliper specific, not so much an issue as a feature, but I want more out of my life than caliper brakes. More like V brakes. Yeah, V brakes.
So, before starting this project I fell for the old looking at nice bikes that arnt mine:
So after a bit of staring at the internet, I decided this frame would be better served as a kickabout commuter- with a basket, some sweet mini V's (everyone loves mini V's, go on, try to tell me you dont, we both know your lying to yourself) maybe some 650b wheels, and mudguards. Yeah. Mini V's.
Now I hear you say, Ph1ll1p, this bike was designed around 700c, why you got to mess with a good thing. This is a lovely bike- someone might love it, stop wrecking a nice thing. Well, you might be right. But, conversely, it sat up here on the forum for like a month without anyone else buying it, so its on you, dear reader.
Anyway, I spent a decent amount of time modeling this bike, Im lucky enough to have access to solidworks in my day job- so I spent a bit of time trying to work out if I could fit 650b wheels into this frame:
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