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The frankenbike(tm) :-) has done a little over 1000km of commuting since conversion in late may. First commute was 24th of may. A few weeks in i adjusted the seat pan to lift the front edge in line with john t's recommendations on recum-but. Since then it's been very comfortable and (touch...

Regarding the front fender, Regarding the front fender, yes I did it last weekend. Unfortunately, the brand new chain I had put on when I did the conversion (the donor bikes' chains were both cactus) got a wet days worth of crud on it in the first week, so no longer pristine. :-(. I had a...

how heavy was the chunk which how heavy was the chunk which came off with the BB?

Although they are really too expensive to use as donor frames, I think these two perhaps slightly Brompton-inspired small (20 inch) frames could make interesting conversion projects. They are made by spinburn, who also seem to make the performer brand recumbent frames. Both have a folding rear...

My Conversion tips: 1. reversed stem to get handlebars away from my knees 2. bottom brack plugs to keep dirt out of old BB shell 3. basic backpack mounting to the seat Reversed stem I was struggling to get enough clearance for my knees - I was occasionally touching the bottoms of...

thanks! Thanks for the response John. All good now. Today I rode to work, 21km each way, with a swing bridge and a few gravel km at the end, swing bridge was interesting!). Thankfully it's almost all on dedicated cycle paths. I was pretty slow in the morning, with front derailleur issues...

Question regarding chainstay to front axle bracket joints I am in New Zealand. There are hills! :-) Went for a ride this evening while walking the dog around the neighborhood. I really need to fix my squealy brakes, but at least everyone hears me coming down the hills. I did pretty well...

post-operation The kit arrived, and quickly! Many thanks to Maria for that (Or at least that's who the fedex system said dispatched it). I had a few minor issues with the conversion: 1. seatpost change. the old one was 30.2mm and normal (with integrated clamp) seatposts seem to be...

My first post, here goes! The conversion kit is ordered and I found a donor. It's ugly (the original owner seems to have had an interesting concept with the seatpost mounting!) and probably will be a little heavy (16kg at the moment), but the junk components will be replaced by some...