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[salmon_of_doubt]

Some of you may have noticed that I've been turning up to the pub with oil under my fingernails, or muttering about the non-availability of certain obscure bits, or just smelling faintly of industrial degreaser.

'Why?' I hear you ask...

Comments

[deeper_than_red]

That is a pretty crank!!

It's a nice looking bike all round.

[salmon_of_doubt]

Cheers! (Thought that might appeal to you, don't know why ;-)

I bought the crankset for my hybrid originally (it's actually a triple) but the bolts it needed to fit the small ring turned out to be very non-standard indeed, so eventually I said cojones to it and pressed it into service on the singlespeed.

It looks nicer still with the chainring on the right side but if I mounted it like that the chain would fall off ;-)

[littlejenny123]

You could have got one with gears for that price ;-P

[salmon_of_doubt]

Yes, and front and rear suspension and its own gravitational field...

See, you can tell I'm not a real bike geek, I haven't weighed it yet ;-)

[littlejenny123]

But you've obviously had a lot of fun :-)

[clarestar]

I've had no idea what any of that meant, but you do realise the phrases 'industrial degreaser' and 'singlespeed-specific axle slots' has just made Glitterybint go a bit funny...

[salmon_of_doubt]

Now look, I did explain this...

;-)

[glitterybint]

and 12 inch wrench...

Dave, is any of this actually true, or was it just written for my benefit?
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[salmon_of_doubt]

It's all true! You can see the wrench in the photos, propping up the bike ;-)

[springmaker]

I'm speechless. I guess I'm just wondering how much meccano you could buy for £160 and whether it would give yoiu the same level of satisfaction :-P

[salmon_of_doubt]

Well that £160 was spread over several years and represents everything bar obvious 'consumables' like cables and chains. A broadly equivalent new singlespeed would set you back £4-500, so not bad really.

I don't think you'd get that much Meccanofor £160 either ;-)