The Rat Trail Bikes

For reference to how it will look, a combination of these two which is nearly spot on;

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Flat partly done to live in, now time to get cracking.

GX derailleur and cassette is hefty but way cheaper than the expensive stuff.

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GX derailleur

That one still has the 'overload' clutch to save it from crash damage, right?

Fake rust looking exactly like fake rust. I don't get the intention behind it.

Fake rust

I thought it was Tynan paste

I don't get the intention behind it.

Succinct summary of every bike owned by Edward Scoble of Catford.

Better than real rust that’s for sure.

For alot of people that derailleur is more expensive than their entire bike. Please don't call it cheap

£300 derailleur and cable brakes lol

£400 worth of cable brakes though

What's this?

the expensive stuff

He called it 'cheaper' to be fair

Trade offset the cost significantly (£240 for two brakes, and £200ish for derailleur), but still ouch.

I don't get the intention behind it.

if you ever go to Catford it'll all make sense

hey! fuck u

Bump

Whats the status of this now @edscoble

Awaiting part, ridden and brakes gotten better.

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nice vagabond

this slaps

Looks great but that paint job doesn't fool anyone 😜

Looks great but that paint job doesn't fool anyone 😜

The unicrown fork, however...

I would steal the bike in a heartbeat

The bike looks awesome! I like the idea of the ratty paint but this is quite poorly done imo.

No bar tape is taking the ratty look too far