Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

Starting to wear in... from rolling stripped/shaved/drilled seats all winter/fall, the current saddle has really brought more comfort to the ride without noticing any additional weight

List of £1 donors to buy skrtluv 2 rolls of tape and a black tyre.

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change of forks makes for a bonkers downtube/front wheel clearence!

DA7600 on beater. #doingitwright

^^ while your at it buy him some matching crank arms. if i never see that bike again it will be too soon.

amazing!

1952 Claud Butler Road/Track;

IS this nigel benn the boxer looks just like him[/QUOTE]

My spring beater

^^ love the splash paint job on the frame. excellent!

Starting to wear in... from rolling stripped/shaved/drilled seats all winter/fall, the current saddle has really brought more comfort to the ride without noticing any additional weight

this bike makes me rage so much

Do you even know who owns it?

Does it matter?

Please stop quoting it. Hes either the forum's best troll. Or he's a masochist.

i want this back.

stolen! fucking stolen. condor 531c frame 56cm. it looks alot more ratty than this..... touring wheels and mudguards. i want it back!

My spring beater

Anyone got any idea how to protect steel from rust on a stripped down ratbike?
Cheers!

Nice...
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paint it?

Linseed oil

Anyone got any idea how to protect steel from rust on a stripped down ratbike?
Cheers!

What tubing is it?

If it's very thin / higher end then you're best painting it. If not then clearcoat or linseed oil. If you clearcoat, then it will rust slowly underneath if you haven't put some sort of protective coating like primer or jenolite. Jenolite will discolour the metal - sort of blacky stains.

I haven't used linseed oil, but as I understand it you will have to keep reapplying it.

My spring beater

Very similar to the what I just built around RVL's old but storied frame. Well, similar in that it has 1 x something gears, straight bars and so on. Bought it thinking I would do a SSCX, but the chainstays are too narrow - I got a Pomp to do the SSCX now. Anyhow, here it is:

It's a 2300 rear mech and chain set. Should be a double, but I cut down an old ring so I could use the same bolts - got some single bolts on order, and will move the ring to the inside to improve the chain line. No braze ons or cable guides so I used a full length outer for the gears. I did the same old-bit-of-tyre chainstay guard on my roadie, I like the look of it so wanted to reuse it. Cheap ebay/chinese stem mounted single gear lever - not very good, want to change it. Used cable ties to hold all the stringy bits down.

Rides quite nice, fun. But a bit squirelly (not sure where that word came from), I think I need a slightly longer stem - and a longer seatpost.

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Hey! I liked the old set-up!

What, the L'Eroica bike? You'll have to talk to Rik about that, he took it apart, I only got the frame. Besides, a frame this size would not work for me with drops - thought it would, but I seem to need getting on for 62cm. Works like this though, although like I said, a bit more seatpost and a longer stem will finish it just nice.