Hi there Pure MTB guys,
Being a pure MTBer myself, what better way to pass away the cold Canberra evenings last winter (when it was just a little too hard to get motivated for a night ride) than to pull apart a filthy road bike and turn it into something completely different. That way you can spare your MTBs any pain and embarrassment, while still having fun on/with two wheels.
So, 'my ride' is a Fidusa Record - a custom-made Greek bike that started life as a pretty straight and conventional roadie (as far as hand-made Greek bikes go) with Columbus CroMo frame and relatively subtle blue paintwork. It has since been transformed into a not-so-straight purple, gold and silver blingfest. Lots of fun along the way, discovering all about Italian thread bottom brackets (I thought all BBs were reverse direction - wrong) and screw-on cassettes (Mavic, in this instance) necessitating a screw-on BMX cog rather than single-speed kit. But the Campagnolo drop-outs worked a treat - so I didn't need a tensioner. Nice straight lines. Cool....
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Click on comments below if you would like to ask Ian questions or advice on his project.
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