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Bought this from eBay for the princely sum of £30.
It's to replace my wife's old Raleigh mixte, which I bought off this forum for £40 for a full bike, and has been a trusty commuter/shopper etc for maybe a decade, with I think every single component apart from the saddle swapped out in that time.
The Raleigh is a cheap frame, and absurdly heavy for it's size. The Muddy Fox won't be super light either (the sticker says PG Tubes which I'm guessing means Plain Gauge), but it should be an improvement.
Being 5 foot 4, she gets on far better with 26" wheels than anything bigger, and I've been on the lookout for a modern steel 26 mixte for ages but they nearly don't exist.
There is a good looking Soma mixte frame which is 26 in the smallest size, but I've never seen one for sale second hand and it's silly expensive new.
So, retro MTB it is, which is obviously much cooler anyway.
Will be a slow build as I won't even be able to pick the frame up for a little while.
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