Old barn find I breathed new life in because gravel bikes are too expensive so fuck it I'll make my own.

Just waiting for the last parts since i lost some plastic thingamabobs I need for the STIs.

Sometimes I think I should keep my bike shop like surgically clean so I don't lose the small, crucially important plastic bits in the mess of parts and old boxes but alas, if your personal shop doesn't look like you could outfit a frame with parts you find on the ground, is it even a shop?

  • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Just got an electric bike recently, been really enjoying it so far, although I managed to bend the back rim a bit somehow :/ planning to take it to a bike shop to have the wheel trued sometime this week, and maybe get fenders installed too.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      If you have old tyres or tubes keep them around to extend your fenders with flaps because there is a global conspiracy going on to make bike fenders not long enough. Just strap some on there with some zip ties, doesn't look great, does the job great