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Old 09-30-20 | 11:30 AM
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Bikes: Trek 7500, RANS V-Rex, Optima Baron, Velokraft NoCom, M-5 Carbon Highracer, Catrike Speed

Originally Posted by sovende
Here are a couple of pics of my FrankenBike.(pic removed)
I don't see anything 'Franken' about it. Replacing bits and pieces is normal. In my book, a Frankenbike would have an old steel frame, a mtb fork, mis-matched wheels, derailleurs from a third bike and handlebars/controls from a fourth. And colors wouldn't match anywhere. Yours looks like a nice old classic bike with a few more modern upgrades.

Just to add: I actually have a bike like described above. The frame was brazed together from pieces of 3 different bikes and it goes downhill from there. But it works.
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