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New job start in 2013 is going to cut my commute down drastically (direct route is less than 2 miles each way) and has spurred me into a new build.
Plan is to use my old shimano 600 7 speed bits to build it up as cheaply as possible for commute and a bit of light trail/mud messing about on the weekends.
The quickest way into work will be via a steep leefy lane that's just too slippery for a big gear and me knees will hate me so I don't really want to ride it fixed and I can't be bothered using the crabon road bike for such a short run, basically I've convinced myself I need a new bike so it's going to be a bodge of shed bits and a new frame which should hopefully work.
I've bagged a nearly new forme hiver frame and forks off ebay
I'm fairly clueless but I'm hoping that I can make it work.
Front dereileur wont fit so I'm going single chainring up front with a bashguard in place of the outer ring, replace the rear axle and space it to fit the rear dropouts. A chap in work has donated some Vbrakes which I think will work with one of those travel agent jobbies then it's just fit the biggest tyres I can fit on my open pro rims.
I'm not sure if any of the above will work until I try, the rear mech is pretty short but worked ok with the 13-28 black I have on there now.
What tyres size tyres should I be looking at for? Mostly tarmac duties but with some dirt action when I can.
Are Vbrakes the best option for what I'm thinking of?
Any problems anyone can think of before I get stuck in?
frame is on it's way so I will post pics as the build comes together, I'm jst trying to pre-empt any foreseeable problems