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They made / bought in a frame like that with the pinched in tubes here in Poland, but I am still looking for one.

Well it must either be: "natural patinaization on ancient bronze" "natural patinaization on ancient brons" "natural patination on ancient bronze" "natural patination on ancient brons" :giggle:

Are you going to keep the plastic disk from behind the sprockets? It is the one thing that mostly gets chucked away on bikes, even though they were new when I was young and I kind of feel sorry for them when they are removed.

I saw one like yours fitted to an old 1960s child's bike advertised for sale here in Poland. I was tempted.

nuthin'

I would like to see it with the whole bike in view, but as it is I would have liked to hide the change in the chain stay as there is a lot going on down there.

Ah, the Classic Caliper Catastrophe, I think we have all been somewhere in that town, some time ;)

So are we considering shaving away an alloy wheel instead?

I can imagine. I usually just stare at my bike for a bit, run through what I own, then start fitting stuff. But then I am a minimalist ;)

Yes, it looks like a fairly normal wheel, you should be able to find a replacement rear wheel quite easily.

But you need to heat the rest of the bike up first, otherwise the heat in the bars will just be sucked away before you can the grips off.

They would have to be teeny weeny on that scale...

It looks a bit like some careful photoshopping :)

And all I received in the mail today was a supply of cat food... ;)

With the 45 degree door at the corner, it looks a bit like a shop :)

.... And here I am feeling unhappy for myself just because snow keeps me in the city and I cannot visit my farm to resupply on missing parts. I had something similar a couple of years ago, and it took months to get back to feeling anything like I felt before, which was a bit annoying.

Here in Poland, especially in the countryside, bikes were just bikes, and those frames considered girls' or womens' bikes elsewhere were very practical once you got them loaded up with a tool with a long handle or just baskets front and rear full of things to take to or bring back from the...

I am interested in how you will fit this between the cranks and pedals, as it will form a nice cluster of controls.

yes, maybe something like this, I have never looked at that part of the paint section, but there should be something.

I see that it has a clear plastic spoke protector, something that seems to be generally unloved. Would it be possible to paint the spoke protector in some way such that they become as viable as an aluminium one? I actually have a translucent red plastic one marked 'ROMET' that came off a bike...