The lady and I sometimes frequent bars and public houses and in the summer there can be nothing better than getting there by cycle.
I wanted a bike I would feel ok about leaving outside my local without the fear of it being stolen or vandalized, so I set about collating the parts for a ‘beater’.
I had a set of forks acquired from Kris at Ideal, a front wheel, the Rigida I lent to Amy for her “Team Pro”, I had tyres, a stem, bars, pedals and to begin with that was about it.
Last weekend all changed after a visit to the Derby cycle jumble with Hardy and Keiran when I managed to leave with very nearly the entire workings of a basic functioning bicycle, I couldn’t believe it, I got: A new old stock Faggin Pisa road frame, another Rigida DP18 rim for the rear in a funny golden colour, an old Dura Ace road crank, a Triplex aero seatpost and a new old stock “BMX” plastic saddle. Buzzing I was, I had spent hardly any money and managed to get pretty much all the parts to start, and finish the beater bike.
A wheel build and a wrestle with a bottom bracket later ( thanks Dan ) it is complete. I am going to swap out the stem and bar combo for a more traditional drop bar setup but I am just waiting to find a stem for my Cinelli Criteriums ( anyone got a Cinelli stem lying around ? holler ) apart from that the beater bike, the Faggin ( pronounced Fahzheen ) is done.
March 20, 2009 at 9:11 am |
[...] Beater. [...]
March 20, 2009 at 11:40 am |
Im jealous, I was after both a frame with the non-converging seatstay junction and some DP18′s for ages. Damn you got both!
March 20, 2009 at 7:47 pm |
Looks brilliant mate, a lot better than using a charge frame!
March 23, 2009 at 3:46 pm |
Nice but one thing missing. A proper beater bike needs a big basket on the front for bringing beers back home from the offy!
March 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm |
You must be able to read minds… I plan on doing just that as soon as I can fashion some sort of bracket for it… oh and find a real nice shallow old wooden box.
March 24, 2009 at 11:24 am |
That visit to Amsterdam obviously affected you! Don’t make the box too shallow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOy8pcUOkNY
March 27, 2009 at 12:41 pm |
[...] good, I’m looking forward to attaching it to the beater later on tonight as that plastic BMX saddle cannot be ridden on for longer than five minutes. Hardy [...]
December 28, 2009 at 6:57 am |
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January 8, 2010 at 11:46 am |
[...] Oh the memories. [...]