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mickle

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innit
The shipping container arrived. It contained no Wayfarer frames. Next container isn't due until March/April. Bummed.
 
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mickle

mickle

innit
It begins..
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All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
Did you give in :laugh:
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I bought this from Spa instead, and I'm happy.^_^
 

SkipdiverJohn

Deplorable Brexiteer
Location
London
It's a sad state of affairs that it requires so much effort these days to actually source a sensible steel touring bike that can take proper tyres, proper mudguards, and have rack mounts. Back in the 70's and 80's many fairly low-budget bikes sold as "racers" were in fact fairly long wheelbase touring-geometry type frames with enough tyre clearance and with lower gearing could also be used for touring/utility riding if so desired. Modern drop bar bikes are so much less versatile than the ones being made 40 years ago!
 
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mickle

mickle

innit
Embarrassingly, having worked in the bike trade for nearly thirty years and even written a chapter in a book about how to choose the right frame size, I bought the wrong frame size. It didn't cross my mind for a millisecond that a 58cm with loads of fork clearance combined with an extra long head tube would be any different from a regular road bike. Thankfully they were more than happy to swap it for the next size down. What a dufus.
 
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