M_V's multitude of bikes and adventures in the land of framebuilding

From the test ride it was clear the bars needed to be a good bit higher.

I’m using a bought handlebar as my bender can’t do bends so close together and I’ve built it into a sort of bullmoose thing.

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I decided against doing a spin brake in the end and have stolen the dynamo drum brake Sturmey hub from my Pashley for it.

Waiting on rim and spokes to come so I can build the wheel so until then, some paints/detail shots.

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BB in the sky (with diamonds?)
Looks so different to a regular diamond frame - like a miniature tall bike.

😍😍😍😍

I’m in love

Let me know if you ever let this one go ☝️

madness. eagerly anticipating the full reveal photos

love to see your projects, excellent work!!!!

Definitely gonna be my new forum favourite. Also, the last pic looks a bit like:

Thanks you all for the encouragement.

I got the front wheel built and fitted today. Still to do the dynamo front lamp but done enough to ride and take some photos.

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And some more.

It's really rideable.

Due to the dropped top tube I can slide off the saddle and get my foot down while still over the bike and then take off and remount again very easily.

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this is soo good!! love it

that is superb. cracking photos.

Very cool. With a Cleland aroma!

Madness, love it

Amazing, did you ride it with a Dracula cape which was perfectly clearing the rear wheel?

Morning. Pretty sure I seen u today at the M74 underpass about two minutes before it started bucketing down? Bike looked great and you were on/off it without issues. Love your creations and keep them coming! T

Morning!

Yeah that’d have been me, on my way to work.

looks ace! how does your head height compare to car drivers' head heights when you're on it vs your other bikes? had this idea about maybe you're looking an SUV driver right in the eye now? kind of a good vibe...

Absolute bonkers, great job!

Fantastic as always! Love the subtle splatter in the paint.

I’m way above suv drivers. Got overtaken by a Land Cruiser on the way home, but a proper off road one, and was still a little above the driver’s eye level!

I absolutely love this, it's the most (the only really?) goth bike I've ever seen and it's so cool.
Fantastic work.

Haha, goth bike, that's brilliant!

Gothbike™!

Epic thread. The GT is awesome. How does it ride?

Pretty good. The suspension is definitely nothing compared to modern tech but it works!

I’ve started on pimping up an old Raleigh Royal I was given a few years ago.

It’s a bit of a beater but it’s getting some brazing done anyway so it doesn’t really matter.

First job has been to increase the tyre clearance. The seat stays were fine (I probably need to move the brake bridge right enough) but the chainstays were pretty narrow so I’ve removed the bridge, chopped some out the stays and brazed in a bit of larger diameter tubing. 45mm tyres now fit fine.

I’ll be adding canti bosses and probably revamp/modernise some of the cable routing.

While working on it today I noticed a bit of a ripple on the downtube just behind the head lug. It’s pretty minimal and there doesn’t seem to be a matching one on the toptube so I’m pressing on with the mods and using it.

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