Giant Bowery '72 CrMo

So I just bought one of these:

It has huge, stupid, curvy drop bars that I hate.
I'm thinking if I convert the Inbred back to a proper MTB I could give it wide bars again and use the cut-down risers on the Bowery.

It has a brown saddle - puke. It does kind of match the wheels and bar tape but perhaps I can replace the "explorer" saddle with an SLR or maybe an old Flite.

It needs lower gears. It's a pub bike so 48x16 SS will probably be flipped for fixed gear and then I'll need to lose the 48 or stick a bigger cog on. I think I still have some Condor cogs in my collection.

https://www.thebikelist.co.uk/giant/bowery-72-2011
https://rfbikes.blogspot.com/2011/11/giant-bowery-72-crmo.html

It has also had the top tubed drilled for hiding the rear brake cable. So it's definitely going to snap there and kill me. Once I've sorted gearing and it's setup fixed, the rear brake can go and it can be stickered up with beer can stickers like the Condor (and the grrl's new pub bike, a 90s Scott Montana MTB)

This would look interesting project boss

All the chainrings I have to hand are 110 bcd so no use. I'm sure I have track chainrings kicking around somewhere. The cross-top levers in the middle of the bars are annoying, as is starting off on a 48x16 when I've been riding around on 32x17 for months.

Pics of the real beik pls

Is this you riding it through Ealing earlier?

Not too far from the truth

The stock version is looking terrible :-D
I'm a sucker for before/after projects though, curious to see how the bike evolve.
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I had one of these and sold it way too cheap. Really regret selling it. Enjoy!

I don't really want to spend any money on it so this may be less 'project' and more 'how do I remove all the bright red shit so it doesn't appeal to the local thiefies'

I guess there's no easy way to remove anodising other than force?

I successfully used destop or other types of drain cleaners for anodising removal.
Apply on the part you which to desanodize (or if it is a small, removable part, simply let it soak in).
Don't leave it alone, as it can eat the alloy. Usually, it takes about 10 minutes to strip the anodisation.
Then rinse abondantly.

I think I'd prefer to just sand rather than play with chemicals. To be honest I'm more likely to have a go at stuff with a black permanent marker while it's in place rather than take bits off and strip them. Once I find a smaller chainring that red ring (ouch) will be gone too anyway.

Upgrades coming thick and fast. Not really but it does now have a 41T chainring (knees are going "ahhhh thanks bro") and a new "head badge". It was flipped to fixed but then I grew concerned about the holes in my jeans and figured more coasting = longer life jeans so it went back to SS.

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Has someone hacked your account?

Lockdown boredom impacts everyone differently. This is my throwback to simpler times.

Bro. I feel you.

But do you reckon 47mm tubeless gravel tyres will fit? What about a Lauf fork swap? Can I route 12spd Di2 through the top tube? :D

Deffo needs some fork mounts and dynamo routing

Rack or GTFO

You reminded me I want to stick a stupid fork on the Kinesis and run 3" MTB tyre up front in lieu of suspension.

This bike at least has a front brake drilling and eyelets on the fork so I could run a normal pizza rack on it without needing a spendy one that the Inbred requires. Hmm...

Although it would also require those stupid deep drop bars fuckoffski

Fucking 1" steerer! Cockwit

So flipped the included stem and flipped the bars up like some kind of caravan-dwelling uncle.