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This is the old bike I scrounged out of a friend's garage, realised was a stupid bike for a fixed conversion, and now has a new lease of life as a 650B 5-speed (with the S5 steel-shelled Sturmey Archer hub).

I've made a few obvious-in-retrospect discoveries, like that a caliper brake has to have some play so a fork crown mounted light bracket needs a nut between it and the brake. Also the seatpost's too short (and, of course, the replacement I've got to go on is about a mile long for silly compact frames); drilling a hole through a steel mudguard from before the dawn of time takes a while; tan sidewalls and mucky fingers don't go together...

But it goes, and it's a nice change from the regular tourer or the Brompton, and I hope it's not too pinchable given the age and batteredness of the frame - supposing chavs don't recognise SONs, anyway. Also, the chainring is a pleasantly alarming colour.

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I've heard the theory of "Buy crap (matte) car paint. Spray frame so people don't realise it might be ok underneath..."

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Electrical tape's another favourite for that one.

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I just went for British racing green, doesn't stand out.

Of course the ripped saddle seat and the rusty rack at the back help too...

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One of mine is British Racing Green, but not that one.

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Nice. Looks great with the painted mudguards.

Nothing to stop you chopping down the new seatpost, but I doubt weight-saving is a major concern on this bike.

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There was no chainguard on it when I got it. I suppose I might fit one once I am happy with all the drivetrain stuff.

It does weigh a ton anyway, but yes, I think you're right that chopping it down a bit would be the way to go. It'll be a nuisance stuffing all that seatpost into the frame.

The paint is in worse nick than that photo really shows up.

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Good stuff!

I wasn't able to get my fork crown mounting to work with the Lumotec on the fixie: so have bodged up a right fork mounting instead with a bottle dynamo bracket & bits of old inner tube. We Shall See how it works - still haven't got the Shimano/SON conversion spade terminals from Maplins to actually connect everything up, although I *have* built the wheel.

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