Current Projects chat and miscellany

Oh no, turning into a nodder. Wanted to get some kind of utility bike with a rack and internal gears.
I really like the Singular Peregrine but the inability to put a proper rack on it is a bit of a letdown.

Then I was looking at the Pompetamine and the low price was tempting even though it looks like
a turd and I would have to strip the bike and have it resprayed immediately. I also
wasn't too happy with the components they offer.

But then I saw this on offer at chainreactioncycles:

Insane low price for the components it has. Not perfect due to lack of horizontal dropouts or EBB but I can live with that.
So my project of building up a nice bike slowly from components has been reduced to "add to cart"

Check out merida espresso's/speedsters. They have eccentric bottom brackets, alfine hubs/cranks/hyrdo disc brakes.

http://www.merida-bikes.com/en_gb/bike/2011/112/Fitness+Bike/S-PRESSO+i8-D

or rutland cycling is selling charge mixers on ebay for £599
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2010-CHARGE-MIXER-BLACK-URBAN-CITY-DISC-HYBRID-BIKE-F10-/250708316430?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3a5f61510e