Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Frankfurt, Germany
Bikes: Focus trash find commuter, Eddy Merckx Corsa, BP Stealth TT bike, Leader 720 TT bike, Boardman Comp Hybrid drop bar conversion, Quantec CX budget cyclocross build, SerottaNOS frameset ready to build up!
Stadtflitzer is the route I'll be going - a German word for 'city flyer'!
I've got to have a rack, I love my panniers and hate rucksacks, plus I know zilch about frame bags.
Drivetrain will be older 10-speed Tiagra flatbar shifters. 46-36 Cx70 crankset (10-speed), older 10-speed 105 long cage mech, Cx70 top pull FD and a 11/32 10-speed cassette. I bought an 11-speed FSA chain for £10 on closeout recently so will use that. Aprt from the FD I have everything in the parts bin.
I've just ordered the Continental Sport Speed Contact city tyres, 559/32, they should be pretty fast rolling and are bloody light.