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Dreadful photo, but I took some time over the weekend to service the bike and swap out the wheels, tyres and derailleur, with some assistance from my toddler.

The bike rides and shifts smoother than ever before, and the middleburn hub is lovely and noisy. Looking to update the brakes next, along with pedals.

Hope everyone had a good weekend

As if, I guess you’re a Norwich local then?

Thanks!

First impression this morning, really comfy and stable, and trendy therefore better.

Absolute pain in the arse to lock up on the post next to the barbershop, due to the mad girth.

Hey guys! It’s been a while! Not much has changed, the muddy fox has been my daily commuter now for 2 years, the Peugeot is in parts, as is the Saracen. The Puch is used for shopping but otherwise is rusting away outdoors.

Been lurking on here enjoying everyone’s builds, however now being a dad of two I’ve been living a frugal life.

However I recently treated myself to some of Magic Components’ mothbars along with a Simworks quill stem. I’ve not ridden it yet but looks like a shorter reach.

Brilliant build, love the moth-bars with that Nitto stem. Hopefully fatherhood is treating you well also.

Love the colour

Brooks saddle back on, got everything buttoned up and took the Muddy Fox for a decent off piste ride.

It held up well and seems to roll just as smooth on dirt as it does on the road.

Not too sure what the plan is from here, enjoy it I guess?

One of my favourite bikes on the forum, stem looks sweet

Looks sweet! Big fan of your Muddy Fox but this may even surpass it. Nice work

Rode it around in its previous set up for a while, wanted to try the drop bars and the other saddle so just completed the swap and ridden it across town to work and back.

Simple Dia-Compe 204 levers and plain black cotton tape. Between the non-cushioned tape and the lack of a sprung saddle it’s pretty unforgiving, so I think I’ll switch back to the Brooks and let some air out of the inner tubes.

Yet to take it out for a proper ride but excited to try out the new riding position.

Not the prettiest bike but good fun.

Love it

Did a nice 5 mile shakedown after work today, initial impressions are the back wheel is ever so slightly buckled, the bike is comfy as hell and the Simworks Super Yummy tyres have sweet grip on the mud, loose gravgrav and wet leaves, and roll nice on the road. Proper happy

Those cracks look great, excited to see where this goes

Just got my Courier Comp wanker-build rideable.

It’s been a while!

A month ago my wife and I welcomed the birth of our first son, so I’ve been pretty busy and a little strapped for cash.

Today I took the Muddy Fox for it’s first short ride since “finishing” it, it isn’t fast but it’s not as sluggish as I thought it would be. You’ll have to forgive the saddle angle, I kept sliding off the front lol.
I ended up removing the fenders and moving the basket to the front, and sticking with the swept back bars. I would still quite like to try out a drop bar set up but this will do for now.

Clydesdale forks must fit the wanker bill, right?

Been debating one for a long time. Can’t remember where I saw this but I don’t think I’ve seen it in the thread

Sweet build, my sort of ride.

Following! I ride a Puch 20” daily

Lovely photos, the colours pop!

Hell yeah

I’m still not decided on what handlebars I’m going to run, these Ergotec ones arrived yesterday but are a slightly rounder shape than I anticipated.

Thoughts?

I think I’m going to pick up some of the Simworks ‘Bubbly’ pedals, and either swap out the saddle or seatpost for ones that work together since this keeps slipping. (Seatpost is for modern single rail saddles but saddle is old school double rail)

Also mounted a 50L Basil crate on the Puch for maximum haulage capacity.

Where do I begin?

After receiving plenty of parcels all week I finally had time to throw a couple of the new parts onto the MuddyFox. It’s really starting to take shape, just waiting on brakes and a couple of handlebar options because I’m still not sure what to go for.

• Stridsland chainring
  
• Simworks SuperYummy tyres 26x2.22
  
• Simworks John Cage
  
• Widefoot Litre Cage
  
• Nalgene glow in the dark litre bottle
  
• Nitto R14-2 rear rack
  
• Velo Orange kickstand
  
• Wald 139 Large basket
  
• Safety Pizza
  
  

Everything is loosely thrown on just so I can get an idea but I’m pretty pleased! The bars fitted are stolen from my Puch but I’m not gonna run them. Hopefully get better pics soon!

Thanks dude!

Hopefully yellow cables will be fine because they’re what I ordered.

Placed some orders on eBay, Freshtripe and Wizard Works over the weekend, which should make the MuddyFox rideable (including some SimWorks tyres and some funky accessories for that BlueLugWanker vibe.)

In other news I put a larger crate on the Puch, I do have a 50L Basil crate in the post, though I’m not sure what bike that’ll go on. I then picked up a free chair for the staff room in the barbershop.

Hopefully I’ll have more exciting content soon!

Nice! I’m waiting delivery on a black 50L Basil crate so I can bring my dog on bike rides!