Figured I would update the thread with pics of the completed UGADA Tikit, now ready for anything (and just back from a 600km maiden voyage in Sumatra and Malaysia).
Features include:
-special 100mm fork to accommodate the Alfine generator hub.
-Special rack to fit the wider fork and bolt onto crown fork mount (due to lack of cantilever braze-ons). Fits Ortlieb backrollers, or the smaller MEC panniers shown here. The smaller ones can also go on the rear rack with the Ortliebs up front for self supported tours, but I have not needed that much space yet.
-Edelux headlamp and B&M toplight flat plus rear (work amazingly well, though still waiting for the proper connector to arrive)
-Avid BB7 disc brakes, amazing stopping power!
-Alfine 8 gear internal rear hub, nice silent, wide range shifting with no dramas!
-DIY garden-variety twiddly knob, looks a bit like a flower which could potentially reinforce the clown bike look, but I actually like it.
I am really really pleased with this bike, have done back to back centuries on it with the front panniers fully loaded, commuted on buses, taxis, planes and ferries, ridden accross Sumatra, ride it to work every day, fold it several times a day, ride it down stairs, through the woods, late at night, and can fully recommend it!
Sorry for the in-office pics. I have lots of nice outdoor pics from Indonesia and Malaysia but they do not feature the bike really. I may post some of them in a different thread, maybe in the touring forum.
edit: per the suggestion of a fellow bikeforums member, I may have to change the bike's name to the Steampunk Tikit