You are reading a single comment by @coventry_eagle and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
coventry_eagle
TM
Tried to build a pub bike last year which ended up being a bit of a disaster (ended up being way too nice as all projects do) and needed an actual lockup bike as bike theft is certainly on the rise and need something I don’t worry about to use for errands.
I sold my GT to @GideonPARANOID about 3 something years ago, he rode it for a couple of years before replacing it - he recently put it up for sale so I ended up buying it back.
That kickstarted the scrap heap challenge project- and I’ve managed to build the bike entirely from scrap ( I work in a bike shop) or from parts bin. Wheels, chainset, shifters, fork, brakes were from “scrap”, mech and cassette , saddle, bars , and some other bits I had already .
The only new bits are the chain (couldn’t find the one that went with the cassette) and the cables.
I always wanted a bike with these shifters, I actually think they work really well and look awful.