Rat Hill
I needed a properly beat-up ratbike. One sunny day, back in August 2024 I was lucky to find one.
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Eldritch Grade
Stuck seatpost, useless brakes, a ton of cobwebs, 30 years of caked-on grime. Well worth saving.
I’m Back!
After a short 1.5-year hiatus the page is now back online. I was smart enough to do a full backup before deletion, but not nearly smart enough to actually export that backup anywhere. Luckily I did export the posts separately.…
Puch Mistral
Puch is generally not a brand one would call collectible, highly sought after or even very interesting (at least not the ones that were built after WW2 I guess). I however have a sweet spot for them, and I have…
Ever-Changing Marin
Are you bored of this bike yet? I am not and I never will be.
Minerva Starlite
Small Belgian brand, massive tubes, big tyre clearance and lots of anodization. Another piece of aluminium heresy.
Corratec 2002
German bike engineering from the nineties: good stuff. Their naming scheme: not so good. Anyways, this bike was awesome.
1xMarin
Leaving the #savethetriple tag behind. From 21 to 9 gears, from indexed to friction shifting. Upgrading by downgrading!
Koga Without Gears
The previous posts have all been about bikes that I built years ago, so here's something fresh, and also kind of different.