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The ride was a great success and a heap of fun! Managed about 25km on and off road in the end. It was really noodly as expected but rode well enough that I'm going to go to the effort of adding a couple more tubes to improve rigidity. The brakes worked adequately and the drivechain/shifting was smooth, I think we dropped the floating rings twice on the ride, so I'm not going to go to the effort of finding a more complicated solution. A few other minor mods planned including bottle bosses, cable guides, a smaller rear chainring to reduce the gear ratios and perhaps a new front stem so I can have a pair of matching 25.4 bars on the front too.
I'm looking forward to riding it some more with my wife now. We're nearly a foot in height difference so the 20" wheels and small frame sizes means we'll both be able to use it.