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thegreatbelow
Josh
Going to dump and organize all my bikes/on going projects into one nice place, keep lfgss nice and tidy.
Ive currently got 4 bikes now all of which I ride regularly, some more than others I guess!
Lets start with the daily commuter/shopping/touring/photo getter:
Genesis Croix De Fer.
Ive had this bike 2 years and its been decent. Been touring on it, loads of commuting and even took it round cannock chase once which broke me (bike was fine). So decided this isolation to give it a make over..
Before:
I kind of liked it like this as it was rode like a dream and was ratty enough not to care about scratches and dents etc. Though looking at all these nice builds lately and noticing the rust creeping around the place I had to sort it...
Now:
It needs a silver seatpost and then I think overall I am happy with how it looks. The basket is a game changer too!!
(theres also a 3x9 XT groupset waiting to go on this for touring duties).
LOOK al264 road bike.
This thing came to me a mess, stuck seatpost, the alu had oxidized and made the paint bubble and flake of in loads of places, the brake braze-on on the toptube has came off and wont hold a cable in without TAPE round the TT, plus the gear barrel adjusted by the HT have snapped off inside so there is no front adjustment at all! Overall its ratty.
After some lovely advice from here the seat post came out! I serviced it, set everything up as well as I could given the frames situation and it has been golden. Many long days out this isolation and it has not skipped a beat. Non compact gears are shit tho...
Maybe I will keep it, maybe I wont. Its too soon to tell.
Transiton Rapture SSCX.
This thing is a badboi. I have not enjoyed riding a bike half as much as this, its just pure fun! The build varies from flat bars to drop bars depending on how I feel (currently drops)
I have picked up a near new 10spd Sram Rival groupset that may go on this if I don't decide to get some hydro flat bar brakes...
Who knows.
1997 (I think) Specialzed rockhopper!!
This thing is just shit amount of fun to ride around. Its basically a big bmx with these bars!
Basically a rat bike/klunker/ssmtb/hack bike and its flippin great!!
Thats all for now!