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  • New Bike!
  • Merak
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    Well, to me anyway. Some mods made and I love it!

    willard
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    Wow! That’s very… distinctive. Biopace chainset?

    skybluestu
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    Is that bar ends in the middle? Genius

    matt_outandabout
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    Love it!

    singlespeedstu
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    No weeds, garden looks perfect.

    Not sure what to say…

    Houns
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    Bird feeders need topping up. Tsk. Poor baby robins

    bearnecessities
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    I doesn’t look artificial, and if so that is an outstanding lawn!

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Epic. And that’s just the valve caps!

    howsyourdad1
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    Lawn thread shutdown…. we have a winner!

    piha
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    The fence could do with a coat of Ronseal…

    Nice bike mista.

    nickc
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    colours nice…erm …

    Merak
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    How very dare you, artificial? I think not.

    rs
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    In that first pic, I thought what a weird little basket you have on the back until I realized it was a vent! Is it biopace? that’s the oval one that’s the wrong way isn’t it?

    psycorp
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    Fence could do with some paint……..tsk.

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    Otherwise, outstanding effort!

    choppersquad
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    Can’t believe the local bowing club let you park it on their green.

    andreasrhoen
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    I like your humor!

    But don’t have your bike-taste….

    Have fun!

    Merak
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    The rationale behind this bike is to serve two purposes, to indulge my insatiable desire for all things retro and more importantly, to be a Dad bike! Mrs M and I have been trying for many years to make two become three and we’re due to become parents within the next 4 weeks, excited! Obvz I had to get another bike.

    I’m 42 and Mrs M is 44 its coming a little later than we might have hoped but the fact its happening at all is really precious.

    Anyway, yeah the bike. Biopace is just plain weird, you can really feel the shape in the pedal stroke. I had hoped to cobble together some sort of single ring set up @ the front with something a bit more modren, any suggestions are welcome, it’d be nice to shed some of the weight as I imagine its on a par with a cruise ships anchor.

    Oh, and the ghetto Jones bars, optional hand positions at a fraction of the cost of the real thing!

    Re; the grass, its just my thing, neat freak.

    wordnumb
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    Congratulations. And that is some tasty retro, here’s hoping ghetto-Jonesing becomes a thing, if it’s not already.

    Merak
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    Thanks wordnumb. 🙂

    bukobuko
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    Perfect retro color, are you going to use it though, looks to good.

    markrh
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    Congratulations! and remember how nice that lawn once looked 😉

    Liking the bike to.

    Merak
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    are you going to use it though

    Yeah I’m getting a baby seat for the top tube.

    Congratulations! and remember how nice that lawn once looked.

    Thanks, and thanks:)

    andreasrhoen
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    Neat thread.

    Good news.

    alangrozier
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    reminds me of my old Raleigh apex

    tthew
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    I really like that. A proper bike for proper cycling, and that colour is awesome. Cheapest way to go 1x would be a new chain ring in the middle position and a bash ring outside.

    +1 on the grass and the baby.

    Wally
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    Really nice and congratulations. Perfect bike for carrying the nipper.

    timmys
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    Reminds me a of my hack/kid transporter, same chainset, tyres and vintage-ish. Are you going to change to flat pedals? Can’t imagine having to put on disco slippers every time you wanna nip out with kiddo being convenient + possible failure-to-unclip toppling over wouldn’t be good with that cargo.

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