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When I had a mad moment and bought a bouncy bike, my idea was that my old hardtail would be retired as all parts would be moved across to the new bike. As it happened, very few parts were moved across - no surprises there.
I then realised I had already bought a rigid fork in a mad moment, and some drunken scrolling ended up with some heavily reduced velo orange hubs (bit less of a bargain once tax and duties reared their ugly head). These combined with the rims I’d previously purchased to replace a dented rim on my partners bike (she refused the new rims) meant I had all I needed. It’s only taken me 12 months to put it together combined with one final silly blow out on some handlebars.
The future dream is to get a front rack to support the basket so I can also run panniers, and install the axle I have for my Bob Yak that never gets used. Oh and replace the wheelset with something with 30 to 35 mm internal so I can legitimately fit 2.8F,2.5R big squishy tires. But for now the new get around bike is complete.
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