zzpza
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As it's getting colder it's feeling more of a chore cleaning my good bike after every ride. I could just limit myself to rides when the weather's nice (I'd be cycling twice a year then) or get a winter bike that I don't care too much about.
Having just forked out dosh on a track frame and the same again on a wheelset, with still more to spend to get a full bike, I really didn't want to spend serious cash on another bike. So, I had a look at freecycle. If you've never heard of freecycle, it's like the classified ads, but everything's free (i.e. FREE reCYCLE). Freecycle run a website, and then there are regional mailing lists. People send an ad to the mailing list with their offerings and their location, you reply direct to the advertiser. As I live in Basingstoke, I joined the Basingstoke mailing list and had a look for bicycles. This ad caught my eye:
I originally thought the white frame to be a bit to big and was planning on swapping the bits onto the blue frame (slightly smaller) but when I sized it up at home, I don't think it would be a problem.
I have a load of bits sat in a box from when I converted my geared trekking bike to a singlespeed. Throw these on, a lick of paint and a change of saddle and I'm sorted.
A couple of hours after taking the photo above, this is what the white bike looks like:
Tomorrow, cleaning and possibly start sanding. Then paint in the (hopefully not too distant) future.
Proper job!
Jules.
Having just forked out dosh on a track frame and the same again on a wheelset, with still more to spend to get a full bike, I really didn't want to spend serious cash on another bike. So, I had a look at freecycle. If you've never heard of freecycle, it's like the classified ads, but everything's free (i.e. FREE reCYCLE). Freecycle run a website, and then there are regional mailing lists. People send an ad to the mailing list with their offerings and their location, you reply direct to the advertiser. As I live in Basingstoke, I joined the Basingstoke mailing list and had a look for bicycles. This ad caught my eye:
Just the ticket! I even fancied the folding bike (sorry, who could say no to a free bike??). I email the guy and found out that the folding bike had gone, but the two racers were still there. I popped round this morning and collected both the full bike and the frame.
I originally thought the white frame to be a bit to big and was planning on swapping the bits onto the blue frame (slightly smaller) but when I sized it up at home, I don't think it would be a problem.
I have a load of bits sat in a box from when I converted my geared trekking bike to a singlespeed. Throw these on, a lick of paint and a change of saddle and I'm sorted.
A couple of hours after taking the photo above, this is what the white bike looks like:
Tomorrow, cleaning and possibly start sanding. Then paint in the (hopefully not too distant) future.
Proper job!
Jules.
