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This bike showed up as a hashed up fixie conversion. Salient points included:
- No brakes.
- Stupid hipster drop bars.
- Fixed gear on a dedicated hub (i.e. not seemingly possibly to make it just single speed).
- Bent up and broken single speed chain.
- Bald rear tire.
- No pedals.
- Single front chainring.
- Front quick release cranked down by turning the lever side, not by using the lever.
- Weird non-matching chunky forks with threadless steerer.
The frame is a pretty nice thing so I found a possible owner for it.
It needed a bunch of stuff to get it in the state seen above. Specifically
- Cool old adjustable centering Dia Compe 500 brakes with later hooded aero levers.
- Modern alu bars.
- A couple of non-matching BMX pedals.
- Shimano 600 derailleur.
- Special frankenchain pieced together from some leftover bits of chain I had.
- Random 6-speed rear wheel, new old stock, with nice Michelin tyre.
- Some cleanliness.
It is now a great ride, really quick and agile. Maybe too nice. If the prospective new owner likes it I will finish off things like bar tape and other bits and pieces.
