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@ojwithbits
Took the rim brake bike on my first ever SE hills last Tuesday, done some Richmond bits, yet to go out of the city on it, is fun though, am enjoying it.
But a new project looms.
I’m changing employer and now need a bike that’s going to to perpetually live outside (at best under a cover at home, otherwise locked outside work).
Do I…
A) Build the Brother Swift frame into a parts bin/lockup build?
B) Build a random beater fixie for the job?
C) Some other low cost commuter solution - 26er? Vintage roadie?
I think option B is the winner, but it just seems dumb buying a random fixed frameset to build up when I have that Swift frameset chilling in the dark. I could deal with scratches and dings on that bike but I think I’d regret letting it get fkd from rust…
tricky one
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