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Finally, since the theft of my Plug back in January, getting married and general joblessness, I'm back on a bike :) This time I converted one myself, and even built the wheel by hand, which I'm more proud of than I should be (wheel building has always seemed a black art to me). Loving riding again, and this bike handles beautifully.
Building the wheel:
Chainring bolt spacers made out of M10 washers, with one side flattened - I now have single chainring bolts, but the spacers work so well I'm not sure I want to put them on :)
And the finished bike... the gold chain was a total accident, wandered into pedal revolution in Norwich whilst visiting the sister "gizza chain mister?" and ended up with that... ah well, I needed something hipstertastic for the build.
Nothing flash, that's for sure, but it's nice and solid, and rides fantastically. Rear wheel is a mavic open pro on a miche primato fixed rear hub, spaced with three M10 washers to fit the rear spacing. Chainline is perfect from what I can tell, totally lucky in that regard. I learned a heap about wheel building putting this together, and am now going to work on a front wheel to replace the fast aging front on the bike.
(and yes, the chain is a bit slack , and I now have SPD's on it ;) )