Custom Mini Velo project

I love Vandal metal works’ builds. I first started following him when he was going to use an old damaged biplane Stooge fork in the seatstay of one of his builds. Wish I had the skillset and workshop to do that sort of stuff.

I was actually close to getting a G Line recently on C2W but price, weight & availability put me off. Partly where this project was born. I can still fit this in the backseat of the car with the front wheel off. This build should come in under 30lbs and £1700-ish and be able to handle a lot more abuse.

Heck knows if this will work, but Bicycle Pubes has published his minivelo top 5 for the year. Maybe next year Cokie…

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Nice looking wheels – really hard to judge how big (or small) they are without the bike for scale 🙂

Thanks for the Vandal frames link – I did the same as him (the price of a framebuild course buys a good chunk of equipment, brass and tubes to practice with).

I was actually close to getting a G Line recently

Yes, I am interested for the same reason. I have a std Brompton tucked in my little campervan for local bimbling when away, but fancy something more capable. Interested in the G-Line, but weight, price a factor, although not seen one yet to judge. Will pop up to Glasgow at some point and look at a G-Line and a Kinetics. Maybe a mini-velo might work. Small enough to tuck in the van but a better ride than a std Brompton.

Not sure I’d ever want to feature on BP’s page 😀 !

The tyres measure the same size as my 29×2.6” Magic Mary. Centre to top of the tyre is 265mm, so hopefully plenty of clearance for the 320mm a-c fork.

@andy – similar thoughts to me. I started looking at what was around, such as kinetic, but feel like they’re all pretty poor value. This will be higher spec for less and don’t need a true folder.

I tried the wheels on the Stooge to see if I could roll around the estate for a laugh, but no chance. Cranks hit the floor before 6 o’clock and tyres buzz the break hose . Looks fun though.

Not quite the same but I think it was someone from on here that rode a Santa Cruz with wide 24″ wheels. It looked a lot of fun.

Wish I had the skillset and workshop to do that sort of stuff.

I knew Ande when I lived in glasgow. Played polo with him. He started in a garage if i recall Correctly.