My loaner bike / barhopper / rainy day grocery bike, built mostly from spare parts. Complete with pain-in-the-ass French threading!
Frame:
'70s Gitane Mixte, lugged, size Tiny
Fork/Headset:
Gitane / stock
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Origin8 165mm / Velo-Orange
Pedals:
Shimano M520 SPD
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
some 16T cog / Surly lockring / Surly stainless 46T ring / KMC chain / +massive 22T freewheel
Saddle/Seatpost:
Brooks B17 / Velo-Orange
Brakes:
Tektro R556 long-reach
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Weinmann / Formula / Vittoria Zaffiro 23c
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Weinmann / Formula / Continental Ultra Sport 25c
Accessories:
Velo-Orange fenders, Wald 157 basket
Added by Sebastian. Last updated over 5 years ago.
As of over 5 years ago, Sebastian has indicated that they no longer own this bike.
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barhopper, basket, cruiser, fenders, fixed, fixed-gear, french, gitane, grocery-bike, loaner, mixte, spare-parts, townie
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chrughes says:
"Ridden often by current girlfriend, and exes before her..." Ha!
Posted over 8 years ago
Sebastian says:
Ha, yeah, I didn't mean that to sound quite as, uhh, skeezy as it did. She has her own rad monster-cross thing set up now so this one is in retirement until she needs a basket bike again.
Posted over 8 years ago
chrughes says:
Girls come and go. Bikes are forever.
Posted over 8 years ago