Gumper
Excellence does not demand perfection.
Hi Guys,
been lurking on here for a while and picked up this a few months ago.
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Yeah, I know...why? Simple, light, chuckable and cheap. That plan is to build a (legal) bike that's lots of fun and very ridable on the local roads in Norfolk UK which are often narrow, bumpy, twisty with the odd bit of wildlife.
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I'll be sticking roughly to the tracker outline, but it's going to be more of a form follows function build. Just so happens the Norfolk is home to Lotus cars, so I'll be doing a Chapman and adding lightness.
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I have a decent sized garage at home and access to a well equipped workshop at work complete with a bike mad toolmaker. I'll be learning how to machine and turn parts as I go on so expect this to be a long build. No doubt I'll be making plenty of mistakes along the way.
I had originally planned on getting the basic bike on the road and riding it for a bit to assess what improvements I could make. But decided against this as much of the original components would fail the MOT thus i'd be wasting time and money.
and so it begins......
been lurking on here for a while and picked up this a few months ago.
][
Yeah, I know...why? Simple, light, chuckable and cheap. That plan is to build a (legal) bike that's lots of fun and very ridable on the local roads in Norfolk UK which are often narrow, bumpy, twisty with the odd bit of wildlife.
]
I'll be sticking roughly to the tracker outline, but it's going to be more of a form follows function build. Just so happens the Norfolk is home to Lotus cars, so I'll be doing a Chapman and adding lightness.
]
I have a decent sized garage at home and access to a well equipped workshop at work complete with a bike mad toolmaker. I'll be learning how to machine and turn parts as I go on so expect this to be a long build. No doubt I'll be making plenty of mistakes along the way.
I had originally planned on getting the basic bike on the road and riding it for a bit to assess what improvements I could make. But decided against this as much of the original components would fail the MOT thus i'd be wasting time and money.
and so it begins......