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Bought this on here from @tom-g with the intention of combining my commuter and gravel bike into one. Rearranged some things to arrive at this:
55cm Macho Man (pre-disc version)
Fulcrum racing something wheels
700x38c Panaracer Gravelkings in lush purple (or knobbly 700x33c Michelin jet dry)
Praxis M30 BSA BB with Levante (?) crankset, 44(ish)t NW
10sp Sram GX shifter+derailleur
Shimano cassette, 11-36 or something
Marin Lite Cantilevers
Paul Levers (!)
One On Mike bars
Velo Orange tall stack stem
Cannondale C2 Al seatpost
ISM saddle
Sks Edge Al guards
I'm really enjoying it - love the sram mtb shift action, and I adore those marin cantis, they're very clever and easy to get set up just so with the same spring adjustment mechanism that the Paul cantis have. The position and fat slicks are both very comfy.
The reason for posting (other than to show off / get panned) is it's time for paint. It was sandblasted when I bought it. I really liked the way it looked raw so I tried to keep it that way: I gave it a pretty thorough spray inside and out with GT85. I'd been recommended Gibbs penetrant by an American friend, which I understand is used to protect raw steel bits on motorcycles sometimes but couldn't find it for sale here in UK. Anyway. It's rusting pretty quick so time to strip and paint. How to finish it??
(pics are when I first set it up a few months ago - finish is rustier now)
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