I built a touring bike
The first job was to choose each tube and a friend and I chose a mix of Columbus Max and Max OR tubes, I wanted to use 26" wheels for strength and a 50mm travel fork on the front for those really bad roads. Finally it was put together into a frame jig and braised together by my friend who was a craftsman with a gas torch. Once it was done, I painted with a couple of rattle cans and built it up with a mix of Suntour XC Pro, Shimano XT and a set of old Deore thumbshifters. However the flat bar made it too slow, so I replaced that with a set of touring drops and some Tiagra STIs and that bike became a super fast beast of burden. In the end and after a particularly nasty crash that dented the top tube, I retired the bike and that frame now hangs on my bedroom wall, covered in soft toys.


( Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 2:12, 7 replies)

Embossed wallpaper owl is watching you
(Isitjustme, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 10:04, closed)

*clicks*
Nicely done!
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 12 Oct 2012, 10:39, closed)

I thought the last line of that was going to be -
Then I locked it up outside Hackney police station, And this was all that was left when I came back.
(Pill Popper Thank you Sasha Shulgin, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 12:01, closed)

MMMmmmmmmmm ......
Suntour XC Pro. Pure retro loveliness !
( Ramsay Tupper, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 12:11, closed)

...If those shifters happen to need a good home...

( MatJ LOOK, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 18:33, closed)

I reused the Deore Thumbshifters
On a Giant XtC Team Edition, complete with Hope brakes, Carbon bars, Woodman Headset and XT gears. I also used the XC pro cranks with one Middleburn ring.



Funny how the pet Owl loves to go for rides too.

The XtC is now for sale though due to my ill health and also needing a new exhaust on the sports bike.
( Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sun 14 Oct 2012, 2:31, closed)