RVL's Ugly Ducklings

Here are a few more gratuitous shots

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and a couple of details

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After 7 years of shitty gritty roads it was looking like hell riding graunchy and needed some serious attention.
Similarly the Fuji wheels had clearly had a hard life and all the bearings needed replacing but all's well that ends well

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Looks good and yes I hammered those wheels for 3 years!

Cheers & thanks again for the wheels

No worries, glad someone could make use of them !

Thats banging.

Cheers

Finished another road-fixed today, this one is shared with my eldest daughter but she’s not riding much these days so I’ve kind of taken it over for myself till she’s feeling up to getting out on the road again

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Saddle is definitely not something that’ll stay for the longer term but I find it surprisingly comfortable and it looks rad with the zipp seatpost

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These ducklings are starting to get suspiciously not-ugly over time...

yes indeed
Losing my edge
Good to hear from you, hope you guys are well

That looks fast!

It is indeed, thanks.
I took it out for a ride yesterday which included a local 10 mile TT course and clocked an average 22 mph (35.5 km/h) which is about the best I can hope for these days but it certainly felt fast, even with a rando on the back!

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Last week I wanted to get my GT back on the road again.
I was using it for general beater/town bike duties a few years back and it was looking and riding pretty tired....

The plan with this was to rebuild 1x7 for my younger daughter
I got this far:

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But when I was fitting the chainset I spotted this....

Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau

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Does anyone want a cracked steel GT frame/forks and some crap Trek 7spd wheels and assorted other bits?

Thanks to the generosity of LFGSS-fam she now has a rather nice replacement

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Scott Pederson Self energising brakes - a blast from the past

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period correct bar width....

We'll be heading out for a ride this evening to see if she can handle SS-life

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I should get the crack filled on your other broken frame!

In your own time!!
You don't want the GT frame do you?

Tempting but I've got at least 4 projects on the go so probably best not :D

I'm familiar with this problem