Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Spa cycles elan maybe ?

A week late but this is (extra) good

Thorn frames have mad stacks, few are stock 650b, but can be made to work.

This works well apart from the headtube always being super low, so you need another fork with hella steerer, or a tall stem like nitto technomics. One of those options looks fine.

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BMX touring frame.

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. That’s a lot to look into 😘

Went into the city, bought food and stuff, got soaked, but still had a laugh. Needs guards.

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Just finished the other day. Initially installed Drop bars and Advent X, but this build is much more "right".

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Double post.

It’s Summer so the Sequoia has gone all picnic packer again.

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I’m guessing you’ve got more than a few sandwiches and cakes in that lot! Solid work.

https://www.fern-fahrraeder.de/

So much Yes but, it'd be perfect with a carradice style bag, rather than the modern'bikepacking' bag currently. I loath this style in every way, especially if you want to rummage around to find something during the day. The Marzipan Dildo of bags imo.

I like this, kinda cool to know that those tektros can end up looking nice.

This kind of bag wouldn't be my firtst choice either. Agreed.

Looks a bit weird with the short wheelbase and stems

The crank on the orange bike is an interesting choice. They went all out on every piece of the frameset and selected nice components everywhere else, then installed a perfectly functional, but very cheap crank. I like it in a way, but seems a bit out of place.

That step-through is great
💕💕💕

He has milled the cranks down from 175 mm to 153 mm. cheaper cranks means more material left.

For those interested Tore has a gallery of his builds here

Cool http://bikesmithdesign.com/ has been doing that also for decades.

I love it. What fork is that?

which part is milled down?