Wanted: north road bars (or similar), brake levers, ergo grips, etc. for drop bar > riser conversion
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Spotted this, not mine nor any relation to the seller
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1990-muddy-fox-trailblazer-sprint-immaculate.449222/#post-3277019
I'm planning on building up a touring bike for my partner for her birthday.Must be lightweight, have a wide gear range, pannier mounts. Mixte/step through frames nice but not essential. Ideally something 90s, nice light steel tubing. Basically a Dawes Galaxy or something similar. She's 5'4", so I'm guessing something around 50cm ctc would be ideal
The only catch is that it has to be a "nice colour"... she has flat out refused a couple of recent eBay finds on the grounds that it looks too dark or the decals are ugly. Frankly, I respect her commitment to aesthetics. No point owning a bike you can't sit and stare atUPDATE: Have now got ours hands on a lovely raleigh royal courtesy of @tomatoe. It's a little on the long side for her with drops, so we're going to try it out with risers. so we're now looking for the following:
Will probs get some of these bits new, but thought it worth checking on here first!