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@Oddo
A few fun SSMTB sessions in the forest near my parents place and riding my Steamroller a bit more fixed on gravel recently, got me a bit Wheelie and Bunnyhop Curious. Basically, I want to further improve my (fixed) bike handling skills for more fun on the trail.
For training purposes, a smaller bike, shorter reach, flat pedals instead of clipless and lower gearing might be a good idea. It would be very cumbersome to always switch stuff around on the Steamroller which is also my daily. So the only sensible choice is another bike, right? RIGHT?!
Having a bit of a fuck around bike is just fun but I didn't want this to be expensive. I think I got hooked on the idea when a decent condition Charge Scissor V2 frameset popped up on german small ads for €100. I got in contact. Sealed the deal and was promised fast shipping. Then excuse after excuse until after almost 2 months of back and forth the seller just ghosted me. I didn't pay anything until then so no fraud or anything, just sad. I really wanted that frame set.
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I kind of got set on the idea of building a fixed gear freestyle bike by then but being over 10 years late to the trend I had to realize that they have become incredibly niche. I can remember that about 5 or 6 years ago they were still obtainable. Some even going for very little money.
It seems like what is left of the hype has gone mostly in the direction "26" big fixed bmx bikes" which is not what I am into. I want a full-size bike that's perfectly rideable on the road as well.
After some more weeks on small ads and classifieds, I found a 2012 Subrosa Malum frame. Less tire clearance than what I was after and no fork but dirt cheap so I went with it. Turned out that finding a fitting fork was really hard due to the unconventional a-c and rake. I managed to snag a NOS Dartmoor Puncher fork from that same era from some polish craigslist type website using google translate. The seller was actually super helpful. With that out of the way I just had to get some small bits. Handlebars, stem, and headset. The rest was going to come from spares I already had.
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