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11-18-11, 10:20 AM

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Doohickie

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Originally Posted by jptwins

Here's my 27"Raleigh Marathon single speed. Like FORDVTPARTS, I just got this off of CL because of the size. I stripped off all the components which were in bad condition, and threw on a bunch of stuff i had lying around. This has been my commuter for the last few months:

The completed Raleigh Marathon - single speed by JPTwins, on Flickr

I'm thinking of doing something like that with my Marathon. I wrecked it a year ago and the derailleur hanger and rear dropout got messed up. The hanger is toast, but I think I can tweak the dropout back into shape, meaning it will be single speed material. Not quite tall enough for this thread, though... only 63 cm.

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