GrumpyGregry
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How come you are selling up Greg? Buying a nicer fixed with the cash?
Sort of. Let me quote from my listing in that other place.
"Why am I selling her? First off she is a little on the small side for me, I'm 6' 2" and the riding position is a little too "head down arse up", also I find the bars too narrow on longer rides. Second off I've bought a Charge Plug off Wiggle which has a steel frame and is a bit bigger so suits my long term winter trainer / customisation aims more. Why didn't I just buy a Charge Plug in the first place you ask. Because at the time I bought the Track '10 a Charge Plug was twice the price. Finally, I've got too many bikes in the shed not getting used often enough, even though I try to cycle every day"
and that is the God's honest. The Plug is a better spec. and that price on Wiggle was too attractive. Origamist awakened me to the possiblity of the Sturmey S2C and cable free back braking and a plan was formed thusly...
The plan is to use the Plug as a testbed to build some sort of bastard hub gear sometimes / fixed most-of-the-time hybrid machine. Hub geared at the weekend via the SA S2C, to help me on the club runs of a Sunday, when fixed, 35+ miles in the company of racing snakes and people young enough to be my children or grand-children aren't concepts always in complete harmony, and fixed during the week for the odd 100% cycle commute to work (and more frequent night time 20 miler training ride) when the weather is good enough to make it a tidy proposition compared with multi-modal train+folder commute.