Eldritch Grade
Stuck seatpost, useless brakes, a ton of cobwebs, 30 years of caked-on grime. Well worth saving.
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Singlespeed Marin
Iteration no. 12. For real, I've counted them all.
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.
MonsterMarin
This was one of my most fun builds ever. Many different iterations, lots and lots of fiddling, only to get hit by a car in the end. Spoiler alert.