26er
GT Fan
It started out as a Karakoram, made out of Reynolds tubing. A few years ago it was unearthed by Retro Guru Woz, abandonned in his dungeon. The shape was pretty bad, the only two things usable being the frame and the rear hoop. Took me a week to work the BB out and then it was ready for a re-spray. Never liked GTs that much but kinda fell in love with this one, despite it being a heavy iron gate.
After that we had a few nice years together until last summer it started making weird noises. Checked and replaced the usual stuff as the BB, pedals and so on. Repacked the headset. The creaking was still there. Especially climbing hills out of the saddle. Checked the frame a few times but couldn't see anything, so kept on riding pretty much ignoring it all. Then, one day the whole thing just cracked and went sideways under me...
Luckily I wasn't all that far frome home when it finally gave up the ghost so could get back rolling very slowly, slightly sideways...
After that we had a few nice years together until last summer it started making weird noises. Checked and replaced the usual stuff as the BB, pedals and so on. Repacked the headset. The creaking was still there. Especially climbing hills out of the saddle. Checked the frame a few times but couldn't see anything, so kept on riding pretty much ignoring it all. Then, one day the whole thing just cracked and went sideways under me...
Luckily I wasn't all that far frome home when it finally gave up the ghost so could get back rolling very slowly, slightly sideways...