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On the road.
The bike was nice to ride. The only problem was that sometimes the front mech couldn't stay in gear so occasionally I had to ride holding on to the gripshift.
Unfortunately the rear axle snapped, which cut short our trip by a day. It seems that in the south of Germany and Switzerland, rear axles are as rare as the proverbial rocking horse excrement. -
Here it is outside a youth hostel in Chamonix.
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Here it is fully built up. It's a bit dirty as I used it on a cycle tour. My wife and I rode 520km. We started off in France, crossed the border into Switzerland and then followed the Eurovelo 15 until Laufenburg.
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I also straightend out the gear hangar (this is a before pic). Time will tell if i've done it right.
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Unfortunately, I spotted a crack in the Girvin flexstem. It didn't come as a great surprise seeing as the bike came with bent handlebars.
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I stopped working on this for ages. Then my wife and I decided to go on a cycling holiday, so I thought I'd get it up and running as a touring bike.
I finished scraping the paint off - no question about it's identity now. -
Just done it. Thought somebody on the forum would be able to identify it.
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Yes it does. It's white and turquoise under the yellow paint.
The lever is a Dia Compe Tech 2 from the 1980s. It is the only component that I have left from my Raleigh Burner my parents gave me for my 7th birthday.
https://it-swinnertoncycles.glopalstore.com/dia-compe-brake-tech-2-mx-120-p96988/s265415?cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIicqEqdmA-gIVRgGLCh0eEQSTEAQYASABEgJWdPD_BwE
You can read more about my wife's bike here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/226741/?offset=25#comment9754381