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That’s what I wanted! Perfect

Great, thanks. Will try to dimple them first.

Any advice for fitting wider fenders than really can fit in the seatstays? Is cutting them where they pass through a stupid idea?

That too…

Finishing kit takes it from cool to anti.

Pink levers are rank.

Modified hydro mtb brakes. Classic lfgss build.

Read all about it here:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/258855/

Yeah maybe could have gone a bit wider without mudguards.

Haven’t really ridden it to be honest.

I think I could fit 35s maybe without mudguards.

Interesting

Sorry for derailing the conversation. Rawland bikes are cool.

Nah… You got to use å for that. “Skål!”

But I think your right, probably an American misspelling.

As a swede, it’s really funny to me though. Gonna start cheering “reason!” at parties.

Why does the website say “Reason!” in Swedish at the bottom??

If the cranks are anodized it might be worth it. My painted ones took way too long. But than again I didn't use any paint stripper, only sand paper and elbow grease...

Yeah so do I, but don’t have any right now. Might buy some, might not. Depends on how much it bothers me.

Trying out some stuff.
Rear brake isn’t solved but the rest is as I’m thinking it will be. Probably some mudguards. But the ones I have are maybe too small

Had to do a quick lunch mock up.

Yeah that’s the plan.

This is the parts I’m putting on. “Budget” might be a bit of an understatement with some of the parts from the bin…

Ritchey stem
Nitto seatpost
Shimano xt 10s derailleur
Shimano friction shifter
Fake Paul Thumbie from AliExpress.
KNCN headset

Threads on the bottom bracket was shot so have ordered a new one. And some chain ring bots since I lost those.

Finished painting.

Next step is building it up, soon as I get the handlebars in the post.

Yeah, most my rags are old socks…

Ruffed up the old paint and tried to sand out the raised logos and paint changes. Worked ok. Put two layers of spray.bike, sanded and now sparkle clear coat.

Somewhat fucked up the clear. The close distance needed for the base colour messed with my head and I struggled to keep the longer distance the clear needed. Gonna try to sand and reapply. Wouldn’t have cared that much but the runs with sparkle looks dirty.

Double post.

Gonna put sparkle clear coat to further embrace the Barbie look.

Don’t mean to make it a “tattooed Barbie” bike but I guess that’s what it is…

Also put some time into polishing a pair of crank arms that is had laying around. Was really ugly truvativ cranks, but I think they worked quite well in silver.

For me it’s all about going from a tire width of 35 to 48. Couldn’t believe the difference on my gravel/road bike when I first tried a wider tire. Like riding with noise cancelling headphones… on your wheels… or something…
But sure, the cost of new wheels just to be able to fit new tires kinda sucks.

Wheels and tires.

27,5 with qr hubs are weirdly hard to find these days. Wasn’t in the mood to build so a cheap pair of mountain bike wheels had to do. Would have wanted silver since that’s the look I wanted but these are def good enough.

I’ve painted the frame using spay.bike.

Not my favourite process when it comes to paint. Very different type of painting than I’m used to so I’m going to have to sand the base paint to get it more shiny. Now it’s quite dull.

Had my old croix de fer frame from 2015 (Maybe?) that I was planning on selling. Has been used as a tourer and a bit of gravel. My more modern bikes has given me a taste for wider tires , which isn’t possible with 700c wheels. Decided that I wanted to keep it as a “poot around bike” but spend as little money as possible.

So the plan is 650b, using as much of components I have at home.

Cheap 27,5 mtb wheels
1x10 with friction shifter
Silver components
City style handlebars