GT Tequesta commuter/tourer build

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Little Butch

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Picked up a Tequesta for €60 the other day in which looks like a 20” frame?
Plans are to build something cheap but functional to use around the city and on weekend jaunts through the forests etc.

So far I’ve given it a good clean, stripped off the stand as well as other old pieces of tat and replaced the wheels with some cheapies that luckily already had Schwalbde marathon plus’s fitted.

Waiting on delivery of a Club Roost I beam stem as the one fitted was the wrong size. The chainset is 7x3 but its got a 9 speed shifter fitted so that got ungunked in hot water and will be sold to fund an appropriate shifter.

Ive got some old metal mudguards that I’ll offer up today as I’m in two minds about fitting them And would like to add at least a rear rack too.
 

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weareHKR

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Nice work, personally I still think the alloys would have looked nice powder coated in Black or perhaps Silver... :rolleyes:
 
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Little Butch

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They definitely would have looked better in any other colour that they are lol! Just stripped the guards off the scrap bike and loosely fitted them, I think I’ll keep them for now! Need to find a way of making the rack fit too....
 
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Little Butch

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Little Butch

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Weight loss ;) Nah, not sure it just came like that. Although I may have sourced a better donor bike with nicer guards.
 
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Little Butch

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Spotted another Tequesta the same colour as mine earlier, albeit a lot more original....
 

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Little Butch

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Removed the guards, prefer the look without. I just need to fit a front brake but it rides a dream. Perfect for exploring...
 

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