Såsen builds bikes slow and dies whenever

Tried to get my local bagmaker to realise my ideas for a lock holster that I can attach to my commute bag, but didn't get any reply so decided to finally try some sewing and my old Bernina machine.

Doesn't look pretty and could definitely be improved (the lock is to top heavy so should sit lower) but does what it should.

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I found this Space horse in myish size locally and couldn't resist. Getting it to where I store my bikes was more thrilling than I would like. WTB exposures are not suitable for the Stockholm snow-ragnarök. I had one fall, and like any normal person, checked if I had scratched my levers before getting up.

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I had put off building up the Swift, but after todays adventure realised that I wanted something with traction and spikes and I had with that in mind hoarded a pair of Ice spikers in 27,5" and wheels.

The Swift is designed for 29 (2,4" but I reckon that the fork can probably swallow at least 2,6"), but I like to be close to the ground when there's ice. As there is a an EBB you can choose to have the BB drop a bit higher which gives better crank clearance. As an added plus of 27,5" the ice spikers will with some luck clear the cheap plastic mudguards that I originally bought for the Peregrine.

This is how it stands today. I didn't have any spacers so I bodged a cassette instead so that I could get to my LBS. Also running an SRAM crank in a Shimano 24mm BB is a bit wobbly... I have some Hope gpx converters that I'll install when I fix spacers and guards.

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God damn you I've been looking for one of these in a 55 for a long time..

It's one of the frames that I've held on to the longest, very versatile and fun. I hade it with drops and TRP Hylex and it was great. Mounts for mudguards and racks makes it complete for me.

Singular are getting ready to get mrk 4 in production with a slightly more modern geo - no Phil ebb's on the new Singulars unfortunately (even if the one I have on my Peregrine works fine).

I most certainly meant the all city space horse rim brake version!!

Singular is cool tho! Glad to hear you like it so much :)

Sorry, yeah it has everything i missed in my Thorn brevet with added benefit of cantis and I have a two spare carbon canti forks that I want try out on this and the Geekhouse. Felt light and nice handling on the short ride to storage.

This probably belongs in the bodge thread but I couldn't be arsed with paying this years price for Bar mitts. Time will tell if it survives the winter.

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Hard to see what I'm looking at, I guess there is a dropbar in there and the bike it pointing towards you?

Yep it's sleeping matt from Decathlon that's been sewn together and then windproofed/reinforced with spinnaker tape.

It's very ugly

Ok, time for a review.

Someone said that the Peregrine seems like frame that can become a like a good friend.

Edit: also I apologise for the picture that has very little bike and castle in it and more than enough shadow of a slow and poor photographer

I can only agree, I've used it for my commute and all errands, basically everything that's not MTB or child hauling.

I've used it with three different wheel set-ups and they really bring out different and good experiences (except maybe the studded front tire that's a necessary evil).

Today I took the first longer ride and it was nice considering my poor fitness and the crisp -6 C (intervals or hill climbing obviously needs to be a bigger part of my regiment if I want to go further and faster)and I forsee another rear wheel focused around a lighter pair of terawail 38s to pair with a dynamo wheel.

I'll update when I have gathered the courage to tackle dynamo wiring and routing

The picture is from Sturehov Castle, if you're ever in the neighborhood, I recommend a visit to their café.

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And a bar mitt review?

The bar mitts are so ugly, according to my partner, that she doesn't want to be associated with me and they are quite the conversation pieces for the parents at preschool.

On the other hand they were cheap to make and really keep my hands warm(maybe another 10/15 degrees of protection)! If I were Jan Heine I'd say something counter intuitive about aero benefits ...

New bike day, began it's life as CX bike in Gothenburg. Nice mix of Spirit and Life. Needs a longer stem and wider bars (I have a pair of b135).

Fast and nimble and a good fit for mixed surface surface rides without bags.

This most likely means that the All-city is out

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Happy for 50mm tires and gaiters today. The Peregrine is a versatile bike. Archer shifter also works in snow.

Gaiters are a must, as snow bounces out of the guards shin high.

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Bank holiday so I took a gravel route south of Stockholm. It was my longest ride so far this year, and stamina isn't what could be I guess, but as the route criss crossed the commuter train, I could easily cut it short - which I think made me go longer than I had if it wasn't the option.
I really enjoyed myself and my the landscape was superb, I was surprised with the number of horses and hunting towers I passed. Also managed to avoid running over a small snake, possibly a black adder

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Alot of abandoned stuff in the woods and the smartest hunting tower design

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Bikes looking gooood

Thanks man, I'm really happy with it!

Also this arrived today from Ukraine. I plan on putting it on the Roubaix bike that lives in Vaasa.

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Due to life coming in the way I didn't manage to do all the changes to the bike and riding I had planned, but I did cut the steerer, change bars and order a FM/PM R adapter and install the rear brake.

Braking with the rear brake with standard Shimano housing is crap. Front brake with jagwire elite links is really good.

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Came back home to Stockholm with the kids and partner staying in Finland so managed to do small tour with Geekhouse. I didn't like how it was handling while descending with heavy front bag, so I ordered a frame bag to get some weight further back. It's from a fairly local guy, L'atelje and in Dynema.

Day 0
Did a short loop to try everything out as a lot of kit was new and although I'm quite used to hiking and sleeping outdoors this was my first multiday bikepacking trip. Went north-west from Stockholm to the Island of Ekerö, took the ferry and found a nice place to camp by a lake.

Photos day 0

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Day 1
Went home in the morning, took a shower, dried the tent, got a helmet, added mudguards.
Realised that I wanted some(in hindsight obvious) things like salt, chamois cream etc.
After working I took the commuter train to Södertälje (basically where I turned back home day 0) and started cycling towards Nyköping. I rode on something called Utflyktsvägen (Excursion road) that's the old highway that was used before the E8 was built. Very beautiful, quite a large shoulder (?) to ride on and cars at max 80 km/h. Stopped by a public beach for dinner and decided to get a bit further as I could still hear the cars from main road. Looked around for a good place and settled for the parking lot of countryside church. Got the tent up just before the rain started.

Photos day 1

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