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Jul 27, 2008 19:33:26 GMT
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Jul 27, 2008 20:47:30 GMT
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Love the chain guard.
You are fortunate to be able to nick off the skip, my local does not allow it, however, I do pop in pretending to drop stuff, which I do, but then give the metal bin a good eye as well in passing.
Got my mixte and a shopper off the back of a steel merchants truck for £15 the two, when I was not looking.
Will start on them soo as my life comes back to normal-ish.
Nice start by the way.
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Jul 27, 2008 21:34:24 GMT
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be good to mod the shifter so its on the top tube.
not going with a low seat on my mixtes.
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Filthyjohn
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Jul 29, 2008 10:27:50 GMT
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Mint, reminds me of mtb trials bikes, but with scarily thin tubes. This sort of thing:  |
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'95 Volvo 945 Turbo
'87 Volvo 765 TIC
'75 Opel Manta A 2.0 16v,
'86 Volvo 360 turbo,
'62 amazon,
'67 MGB GT.
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Jul 29, 2008 12:21:20 GMT
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Does look very similar! I do have two scarily thin tubes where you have 1 so does offset some of the weedyness. They are meant to ve very strong (a bit less so now!) and are actually quite light for a steel frame. Weighs a whole lot less than my generic full suspension MTB.
I'm aiming for MTB front shocks, maybe with a disc brake for added WTF factor. I'd like a smaller rear wheel, but will need shorter cranks to suit. Then was thinking a general clean up and a nice saddle. Unsure about gears yet, handy but like the look without.
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Tim
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Jul 29, 2008 12:32:29 GMT
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i'd be tempted to axe the gears, i didnt have gears on my mtb for 3 years, so for tottling around town you certainly don't need them :-)
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Jul 29, 2008 17:06:39 GMT
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Ive got 26" MTB front wheel with suspension forks on my Mixte
With a 20" 6 speed freewheel back wheel.
The forks are not too long.
Theres reasonable clearance for the cranks.
I think I fitted longer longer cranks than it came with
But think the bike had 24" wheels or maybe 26 X 1 1/4" wheels
don't know as it came with no wheels.
700c hybrid wheels were very tight to get in the frame.
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