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Definitely a suitable beater:

Torn saddle ≠ beater

I think he meant it was beater material due to its high thrashability, I'd be inclined to agree.

If we all did that this thread would be twice as long. Meh

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my latest bike.

could you make that image a bit bigger?

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my latest bike.

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sorry ?

Not sure if this counts as rat or if posting your own bike is kosher but anyway,

Needs a shorter stem or something I think.

I would ride the absolute shit out of that All City, it's so cool... would love to build up something like that.

Beater not beaten.

The bike above the last..

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Hi, photo from All-City after todays ride, great fun!

^ Looks like it'd be a lot of fun, but seriously needs to be thrashed!

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my latest bike.

My old bike

Hi, photo from All-City after todays ride, great fun!

Love your builds, especially the ESB. Any particular reason you switched, or are you keeping the ESB build as well?

Thanks, I sold the ESB and changed parts to this. Only reason was that I wanted more tyre clearance and now I can fit 29er tires. I had 45c Fire Cross tires on the ESB and had to show knife to side knobs and it was still very tight.

Those straps look a bit flimsy...

^ Wicked - is that your rat bike or is it a barn find - my dad used to wheel me to school on one very similar - it was a bronze coloured 1947 one with a mix of campag and stronglight (and a hiduminum front brake) - he's still using it as his winter bike!

that is awesome ^

it's not mine, it belongs to this guy. He's got a load of old Gillot's and plenty of other nice striders

That bike totally takes charge, front of the line.