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Not been on here in ages but hoping the hive mind can help. Down in London celebrating my 40th and my wife has bought me a Steinhart which I'd like to wear asap but the bracelet is looooong and I don't have any tools with me. We're staying in Kensington but will be around central later. Any reccos on where would be best to take it without having to loose an eye or kidney?
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Just got this Donohue from a friend who had bought the full bike from the local bike co-op to use for parts on another frame. This was too small for him so knowing I can't turn bikes down its ended up with me. No tube sticker though and cable routing on the top of the BB has me stumped for a rough age and what it might be made out of. Any ideas?
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One of the main driving forces of getting the Clockwork Anniversary I had was that I loved the segmented F7 fork. When I sold it I had thought about keeping the fork but thought it would be a shame to split them up. Recently found someone selling an F7 fork which had a steerer that was the right length so they've now gone on to the GT. Feel like this is near its final form now.
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A new entry - Sunn Bmix
Ever since I saw one of these in Dirt or MBUK I really wanted to own one at some point. I'd known of a chap that had owned one for years and had always said that at some point I wanted to buy it off him and after literally years of talking to him about it I finally went and got it. It had been replaced in his garage with a Fairdale so this had sat unused and a bit unloved but it was exactly what I wanted - a chrome one with original, mostly intact decals and with a few choice upgrades. I swapped around some parts with the Redline, bought some extra bits, rummaged through my parts stash and within the space of a weekend had it exactly as I wanted it.
Spec is:
199(7/8/9 - not quite sure) Sunn Bmix
SE Landing Gear Forks
Profile race cranks with Ti axle and Profile Tri Fan sprocket
Profile hubs on Mavic Rims with Maxxis DTHs
Fairdale MX-6 Bars
DX V-Brake
Sunday top load stem
Brand X inline post
San Marco Rolls seat
S&M PadsetI have a set of DX pedals to replace the Odyssey Jim C's that are on it but once they are swapped this will be done and I hope to keep it forever!
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Surly Straggler - Although not that new now, since my last update this has now had a set of wheels built for it which was kind of the final piece of the puzzle. I went with a used set of Hope Pro 2's laced to Velocity Cliffhangers. Latterly as a bit of an experiment I squeezed on a pair of 44c WTB Riddlers which barely fit but ride nicely and I really like the look of them so they'll probably stay until they cause problems. This will probably need a drivetrain refresh over winter but aside from that is largely "done" (famous last words).
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GT Tequesta - Still here but slightly revamped and refined from its original build. I thought numerous times about getting rid of it but it's perfect for the job it does, it is built and works fine and I've always had a soft spot for triple triangle frames so this will be staying.
Planet X fork was removed and replaced with a Specialized Direct Drive fork from aformentioned bike recycling enterprise (shout out to Recyke Y' Bike Newcastle). I previously found the sunrise bar and BMX stem combo a little too short given the length of the TT but found a Thomson layback which stretched things out so this now works really well. Finally I added a Wald 137 that had been on my wife's bike.
Yeah but I guess the visual difference to signify yours being the GMT is the dual colour bezel with the 24hr counter.
As much as like the idea of the GMT, I do like that mine flies under the radar a bit more.
I'm really impressed with it. @ChainBreaker
Could do Steiney Saturdays/Sundays @packet yours looks nice. Not seen one of their subs with that dial and those hands before