The Legitimiser
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Southampton, UK
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Bikes: Gazelle Trim Trophy, EG Bates Track Bike, HR Bates Cantiflex bike, Nigel Dean fixed gear conversion, Raleigh Royal, Falcon Westminster.
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God know's how you'd source one of those top-tube shifters for 5 speed derailleur now anyway. I'm tempted to build something similar, on an MTB frame, banana seat with a custom made sissy bar (the ones you can buy are all for 20" wheels), the hugest ape hangers, and a stretched fork to allow a bit of a raised head tube (for more rake) and running a 20" front wheel. I love the Schwalbe Fat Frank white balloon tyres, but I think they don't come in 20". I'd lace an SA hub into the rear, and fit one of those top-tube quadrant shifters. I built a muscle bike on an MTB frame, but really it was just a bars and seat swap, and I cludged a stem shifter out of old parts. It got stolen within a week.