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... here is a Follis 172 project I just finished up and took out on a couple of rides. I put pretty good paint on it, and added the fenders thinking (hoping) it will probably start to rain here soon. I changed out a lot of stuff, to extend the gearing range, and to make it a little more fun to ride. The original stuff was Simplex, and it had on it what might be the ugliest stem I've ever seen on a bicycle. Must have been designed by someone from the French design school of Brutalism. I put the rack on it, because without bags to hold your fleece shirt and other layering stuff, a winter bike here is kind of useless. Unless you enjoy being cold. Which I don't.












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