grey-beard
Orange 🍊 Fan
This isn't a build thread as such, just a place for the current build state of this beast to be placed and updated.
This started it's journey here:
I had already started down the road of this build here:
Bear with me, I am getting there.
That led to this:
Then it was finally de-electrified, phew! I hear.
and it ended up here:
I'll post more pics and a build spec, why the heck not?
This started it's journey here:
Sunrace, SR Roots gearset, anyone know anything about these?
bike minus wheels has just arrived courtesy of @jimo746 , thanks. It is a humble Townsend 15 speed, no other name, and it is going to be transformed into my new favourite fast commuter ebike, due to its slack retro angles and plenty of fat tyre clearance. It came with some nice looking bullmoose...
www.retrobike.co.uk
I had already started down the road of this build here:
What have I created?!
Ok, I don't know if I should even show this on here, but not in any of the bike specific areas. It's retro? not a mountain bike, not a road bike and it now has a motor and battery. It started as a bit of fun, using parts I had in the garage because I was given this Raleigh Record sprint frame...
www.retrobike.co.uk
Bear with me, I am getting there.
That led to this:
Townsend Super "E" Tracker!
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/what-have-i-created.431846/ Following on from my original E commuter tracker road bike framed bike? I have started to convert it to a more suitable frame, fatter tyres, slacker head angle, perfect for a fast electrically assisted commute? Here's a couple of...
www.retrobike.co.uk
Then it was finally de-electrified, phew! I hear.
and it ended up here:
Imlach's Sweaty Hippie Funk Collection, adventure bikes, rusty rats, cruisers and other alt bastardisations of bicyclery
The Fuji is actually a folder...
www.retrobike.co.uk
I'll post more pics and a build spec, why the heck not?