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d) sell pink bike idk

Yup, 130. Just fyi, put this on ebay just now.

£45 plus postage or collection Dundee or St Andrews
Used for about 1000km, very rough guess. Regreased once. They spin fine.

There might be some misc bits in the shed that I left but not sure if anything useful. Some cranks I think, possibly rings. There's a 26 seatpost in the container (maybe do a shim?), and some 700 wheels too, maybe the cantis work with that?

Dude if you start brazing, I wanna come play too.

So, cleverly hidden behind that bell is a stem adapter, which looks pretty fugly and doesn't allow super high stem position. I could get a goose neck stem but most of the ones I see are fugly too. I'm thinking threadless is the way to go long term.

Now the decision tree is to either a) get a £30 fork from sjs, b) get a nice thorn fork off ebay, or c) wait for a bargain thorn frame because that kinda seems where the vibes are leading me. These options are in ascending order of money and commitment. I always get off on the idea of 'worl tour ready' or 'just doesn't break' bikes so thorn has been on my mind.

Looks kinda cool actually
Am I supple enough?

Almost looks like a proper bike now

It did, loved that frame. However, it had its problems, it needed all of the 78mm of reach, so the brakes were never very good. I also suspected that the 58 tt was a touch too large. So, when the fork cracked, I jumped on a mtb frame because I thought the brake reach situation would be better.

Didn't get to tweak the fit or even put proper bartape before hurting my back, so now I'm turning it into a dadbike. Lowkey hope is that mustache bars will actually be nice to ride, even kinda fast. That would be a vibe.

Some deets

While I figure out what to do with the grey raleigh, I got the pink raleigh back from my friend's place. The back didn't break after an hour of riding, luckily. This is a machine made for timely arriving at checkpoints and snacking while riding

A friend had his rear wheel stolen while locked up. Those are the specs we'd need to replace. Nothing fancy or pricey, it's just a trek hybrid. Postage or collection in or around Dundee.

I'll need to drill the crown after all. That, as well as modding the stays, will set me back a bit, because I need help with tools.

I actually like this bars up saddle down aesthetic.

The stem arrived, tho, and looks great.

Didn't quite manage the dimpling, the clamp is too unstable.

Also, if you decide on the price for the kobo, do let know.

they're made for 700, i'm trying to fit 650b

nitto m12 please, if you can be bothered to post!

It should come out as a fixed reinterpretation of this green thing that got a frame transplant recently (rip). Don't have good pics of it with the new frame tho, and it's currently at a friends until my back is healthy enough to ride.

The canti studs will have to go, and I hope either the centerpulls or the long tektros will be good enough. The crown brake mount is threaded on both sides, and the stay bridge in the back is threaded and only on one side, which makes the caliper situation more complicated. I'll hold off drilling for now since I can mount the front centerpull with a threaded bolt.

Stays will have to get crimped for sure, 42c should fit then. I need to find a vice somewhere.

I built up the fixed wheel this morning for this raleigh I bought a while ago. Someone planted alu nipples in my nipple stash. I broke two of those and had to saw off two spokes before I realised something was awry. I suspect the LBS.
Anyhow, I almost got rid of this frame twice before making peace with the fact that I'd just buy another to replace it, so I decided to commit. I feel a distinct lack of horizontal top tube and fixed in my life, this should take care of it.

I'm injured and bored, so I thought I'd make one of these threads for my bikes and projects. Herein lie 650b conversions, small chainrings, dynamos, silvery bits, steel frames, Jan Heine acolyting, world tour fantasising, and on rare occasions, actual audax riding. I move frequently, so I keep to 3 bikes max: road(+), offroad, and fixed.

See moodboard attached.

fwiw folders and other smaller wheels seem pretty gay, would be nice to build a dawes kingpin or raleigh 20 one day.