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Dent on the modified Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine is too big to fill in and need the top tube to be replaced.
It's retired to the shed until I can afford to replace the top tube, and the Kogswell replace it as the audax/tourer, perhaps even outshine it.
Nearly done, just brought it home during lunch break, just need the 19t Phils cogs, cheap chain and uber-long reach brakes (finally!) with enough room for mudguard and my beloved Grand Bois 32mm tyres.
Geometry on paper look great, slack 72 degree ST mean inline seatpost with Brooks (need to fish out the Thomson I have lying around), and 74 degree HT with 44mm of rake, very low bottom bracket, extended headtube (identical to the Tokyo Fixed now) and internal rear brake routing.
I forget how easy and quick it is to build up a fixed wheel bicycle, probably less than half an hour.
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