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Senior Retro Guru
So, I've got a whole bunch of catch-up work to do around here.
The Team Issue thread needed an update now that all the parts have been gathered; another holy grail bike sits in my living room awaiting its finishing touches for build 1.0 (The Ridable Bike), so that I can finally take it out for a spin and figure out if the size is even going to work for me. That one really needs its own thread, in order to give what I envision will be a longterm project the justice it deserves, but that also requires a fair amount of time and effort to get started. So, I thought I'd start a new thread for another longterm project instead!
Which is probably just buyers excitement kicking in, as I got lucky this week with another certified classic suddenly getting ticked off the wishlist. Well, hopefully, anyway. It hasn't arrived yet, it's just a frame in a box in the care of UPS right now, but I'm very excited about its impending arrival.
The two bikes now in line for builds are both things I didn't expect to find anytime soon. Not that this one is particular rare, there's loads of amazing versions of it on this forum alone, but I just didn't think one in my size and price range would show up quite so suddenly.
Nor did I expect to come across the perfect stem for it at a local bike swap yesterday, for a bargain price, but there you go! Suddenly the bike is more than just an idea and a folder of photo references on my desktop. It's a real thing; a project underway.
The frame came from a very reputable collector way over there in Nebraska, who was an absolute pleasure-to-deal-with. A real bonafide bike guy, who's currently clearing out some unwanted and amazing bits and pieces from his stash. I couldn't resist making an inquiry and offer, when I saw what looked like a dream bike in a dream size at a great price.
Here it is about to get shipped out:
Any guesses?
(No, not you Slackboy. You already know.)
I'm sure it's pretty obvious if you've seen some of my more recent posts around the place. And if not, there's a pretty sizable hint taped to the inside of the box...
The Team Issue thread needed an update now that all the parts have been gathered; another holy grail bike sits in my living room awaiting its finishing touches for build 1.0 (The Ridable Bike), so that I can finally take it out for a spin and figure out if the size is even going to work for me. That one really needs its own thread, in order to give what I envision will be a longterm project the justice it deserves, but that also requires a fair amount of time and effort to get started. So, I thought I'd start a new thread for another longterm project instead!
Which is probably just buyers excitement kicking in, as I got lucky this week with another certified classic suddenly getting ticked off the wishlist. Well, hopefully, anyway. It hasn't arrived yet, it's just a frame in a box in the care of UPS right now, but I'm very excited about its impending arrival.
The two bikes now in line for builds are both things I didn't expect to find anytime soon. Not that this one is particular rare, there's loads of amazing versions of it on this forum alone, but I just didn't think one in my size and price range would show up quite so suddenly.
Nor did I expect to come across the perfect stem for it at a local bike swap yesterday, for a bargain price, but there you go! Suddenly the bike is more than just an idea and a folder of photo references on my desktop. It's a real thing; a project underway.
The frame came from a very reputable collector way over there in Nebraska, who was an absolute pleasure-to-deal-with. A real bonafide bike guy, who's currently clearing out some unwanted and amazing bits and pieces from his stash. I couldn't resist making an inquiry and offer, when I saw what looked like a dream bike in a dream size at a great price.
Here it is about to get shipped out:
Any guesses?
(No, not you Slackboy. You already know.)
I'm sure it's pretty obvious if you've seen some of my more recent posts around the place. And if not, there's a pretty sizable hint taped to the inside of the box...
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