Varonha custom frame... And other ongoing stuff

Spring mini updates:
Bob Jackson back with 3 speed fixed Sturmey Archer hub.

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Varonha big clean / service / new chain and cassette.

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Very cool, I feel like it needs a more classic crankset though. Maybe a middleburn or something?

Ta! I actually first built it with some Middleburn... But for that bike I want to stay away from square taper... That crankset is now on my mum's Dawes!

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I've got this to hand, more classic in design, and I want to have a triple again so in theory a good candidate. I just wish it had black chainrings...

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I may have some, what size do you need?

Oh! Thanks!
Just checked and the Elita crankset is 130BCD for the big and middle rings (39 & 50T), and 74BCD for the small ring (30T)...
I should have swapped the rings from the Look MTB before selling it, it had the same crankset but all black... Silly me.

I'll dig thought my ring pile and send you a DM if i have anything

Amazing! Thank you!

Got a Gamoh front rack for decent price, not that I needed it, but I fancied trying, the front rack I had on the Varonha years ago is now on the Dawes.
I made a brass bracket for it (because that's all I had to hand, hope it's not going to bend under weight, brass being softer than St/steel I guess? ... It's quite beefy so should be ok) as the manufacturer's provided brackets didn't fit and I didn't want to butcher them, in case I wasn't keeping the rack in the end.

I need to find a cheap basket now, has to be shallow with these bars...

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Still a very impressive bicycle.

Very beautiful.

I love that fork