The Love Bike
"Amour..." it says on the side. How could I not fall in love?
9,900 yen brand new. Roughly $120 australian. A steal! *and* it folds up!!
Already done is a thorough de-stickering (except for the "amour..." sticker, which of course stays). It has japanese-standard-tiny cranks, and is quite low geared, so I'm looking into the option of digging up some longer cranks with a bigger front chainring from back home. Hmm... maybe some mountainbike hydraulic disc brakes... ahhh - thats right. This is a *budget* project... Sometimes the gearfreak constructor in me just won't let go.
posted by ben at 11:52 am
1 Comments:
ahhhh .. rememberance d' thangs pastie ...
in the '60's Moulton in France and Raleigh in good old GB made these kind of bikes. I had a Raleigh - thick tyres, 3 speeds and indestructible. The Moultons were for 'gerls' and folded tight, were taller and harder to ride - if you wanted to cane them across the desert. The thin tyres sank while the Raleigh tyres took more effort but dug deep and did'nt sink ......
The moultons came with a basket .. gender specific ...
:)
ab
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