Eldritch Grade

Stuck seatpost, useless brakes, a ton of cobwebs, 30 years of caked-on grime. Well worth saving.
Stuck seatpost, useless brakes, a ton of cobwebs, 30 years of caked-on grime. Well worth saving.
Iteration no. 12. For real, I've counted them all.
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…
Are you bored of this bike yet? I am not and I never will be.
Small Belgian brand, massive tubes, big tyre clearance and lots of anodization. Another piece of aluminium heresy.
German bike engineering from the nineties: good stuff. Their naming scheme: not so good. Anyways, this bike was awesome.
Leaving the #savethetriple tag behind. From 21 to 9 gears, from indexed to friction shifting. Upgrading by downgrading!
The previous posts have all been about bikes that I built years ago, so here's something fresh, and also kind of different.
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.
The cheapo gravel grinder, the DIY-cross, the monstourer, the heavyweight champion. The one that was built way before I had any sense for bike aesthetics.