chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
Well living here in Northern Germany I needed two bikes for my daily commute (One at either end of my train journey.) So I told my wife I would buy a town bike! She was expecting a dutch style shopping bike that everyone here rides, however I went and bought this frame on Ebay Ooops!
It's the more unfashionable and hence much cheaper, Reynolds 501 with the all important horizontal dropouts a really nice frames from Dawes around mid 90's vintage when they still created good frames.
So using a few bits I had lying around and some others I bought I created a nice single speed. Because it's as flat as a pancake here I'm running 46/15 combo and it's an absolute joy to ride. One day I'll maybe get it painted white, but for know it's had to be pressed into service for the daily commute.
It's the more unfashionable and hence much cheaper, Reynolds 501 with the all important horizontal dropouts a really nice frames from Dawes around mid 90's vintage when they still created good frames.
So using a few bits I had lying around and some others I bought I created a nice single speed. Because it's as flat as a pancake here I'm running 46/15 combo and it's an absolute joy to ride. One day I'll maybe get it painted white, but for know it's had to be pressed into service for the daily commute.
